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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 15146 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 15146 Observed fall: No Year found: 2022 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  159 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6426 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 23 Jul 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 15146 (NWA 15146) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2022 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4) History: The meteorite was purchased from a group of meteorites hunters in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, in May, 2022. Physical characteristics: Brownish fragment without fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with well-defined, mostly rounded, partly packed chondrules (apparent mean diameter about 0.4 mm) set in a brownish matrix containing abundant and partly altered metal and sulfides. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB111 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||