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Northwest Africa 4156
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4156
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4156
Observed fall: No
Year found: unknown
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 165 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 90  (2006)  H/L6
Recommended:  H/L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites classified as H/L6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), H/L chondrites, H/L chondrites (type 4-7), L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 3 Feb 2005
Revised 11 Sep 2006: Update classification
Data from:
  MB90
  Table 2
  Line 335:
Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:Unknown
Mass (g):165
Pieces:1
Class:H/L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):19.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.9
Classifier:A. Greshake and M. Kurz
Type spec mass (g):29.2
Type spec location:MNB
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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