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Northwest Africa 5808
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5808
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5808
Observed fall: No
Year found: unknown
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 730 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  H3.15
Recommended:  H3.15    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites classified as H3.15.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 3 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 274:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco
Mass (g):730
Pieces:1
Class:H3.15
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):7.8-20.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.4-17.4
Magnetic suscept.:5.15
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):20.2
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Anon
Comments:Olivine: Cr2O3 0.14, s-Cr2O3 0.23 (wt%); breccia
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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1550 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 22 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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