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Northwest Africa 4995
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4995
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4995
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 190 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 632 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 11 Mar 2016
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Writeup from MB 105:

Northwest Africa 4995 (NWA 4995)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2005

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

History: The meteorite was found by an anonymous finder in northwest Africa and bought by the main mass holder in Morocco.

Physical characteristics: One dark brown fragment of 190 g lacking any fusion crust was found.

Petrography: The meteorite is an unbrecciated chondrite with abundant clearly defined chondrules (about 0.3 mm in diamter) of various textural types. Olivine and pyroxene in chondrules and matrix are unequilibrated; FeNi metal is mostly oxidized.

Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2005
Mass (g):190
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):15.0±8.6 (0.9-32.4, n=29)
Ferrosilite (mol%):10.7±7.2 (2.2-34.1, n=43)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.8±0.6 (0.1-2.7, n=23)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):22.3
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Harald Stehlik
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 7655 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1972 unapproved names)

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