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Northwest Africa 2001
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 832 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  H/L4
Recommended:  H/L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites classified as H/L4.   [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 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 4:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco/Algeria
Date:December 2002
Mass (g):832
Pieces:1
Class:H/L4
Shock stage:S2-6
Weathering grade:W0
Fayalite (mol%):21.5-22.5 av. 22.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.3-21.3 av. 19.3
Magnetic suscept.:5.21
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):20.4
Type spec location:MKBraun
Main mass:Merz
Comments:En45Wo48/kamacite Co 5.1-8.5 mg g-1. Plot in the Fa between H and L.
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)
MKBraun: Mineralien-Kabinett, Mineralogisch-petrographisches Museum, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Bienroderweg 95, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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

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