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Northwest Africa 12022
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12022
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12022
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 439 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11372 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 8 Oct 2018
Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2016 May 01
Mass (g):439.34
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.25±0.13 (n=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.13±0.83 (n=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.28±0.28 (n=12)
Classifier:B. Miao, Z. Xia, C. Zhang, GUT
Type spec mass (g):439.34
Type spec location:GUT
Main mass:GUT
Comments:In Chinese publications, its former name was M16030; submitted by Bingkui Miao
Institutions
   and collections		 GUT: College of Earth Sciences, Guilin University of Technology, 12 Jiangan Road, Guilin 541004, China (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Zhipeng Xia      
Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1315 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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