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Northwest Africa 3310
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3310
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3310
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 679 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  Eucrite, polymict
Recommended:  Eucrite-pmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 391 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 3 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 162:
Origin or pseudonym:Algeria
Date:July 2006
Mass (g):679
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite, polymict
Weathering grade:-
Fayalite (mol%):-
Ferrosilite (mol%):57.0
Magnetic suscept.:3.35
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):20.3
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Bart
Comments:Pigeonite Fs40-56En36-30Wo26-8; An83-90Or<2; kamacite Ni 0.5, Co 0.3 wt%.
Institutions
   and collections		 Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1250 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 29 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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