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Northwest Africa 4282
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4282
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4282
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 2 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  EL6
Recommended:  EL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 130 approved meteorites classified as EL6.   [show all]
Search for other: EL chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 4-7), and Enstatite-rich meteorites
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 275:
Place of purchase:Rissani, Morocco
Date:2006
Mass (g):2000
Pieces:2
Class:EL6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W5
Classifier:F. Brandstätter, NHMV
Type spec mass (g):218
Type spec location:NHMV
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:Metal (Si = 1.2 wt%) enstatite (Fs<0.1Wo1.4), plag (An1 5,Or3), recrystallized texture, relict chondrules
Institutions
   and collections		 NHMV: Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria, Austria; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2019)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is the only approved meteorite from 1, (Northwest Africa)
     This is 1 of 9116 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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