Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 1486

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Northwest Africa 1486

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 1486
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1486
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 6 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 87	(2003)	H4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6426 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 108:

Place of purchase:	Rissani
Date:	P Jan 2002
Mass (g):	6000
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3/4
Fayalite (mol%):	17.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16
Classifier:	A. Sokol and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec mass (g):	25.5
Main mass:	JNMC
Comments:	calc. v.; data ±1 mol. %

Institutions
and collections

JNMC: jnmczurich, P.O. Box 208, CH-8155 Niederhasli, Switzerland; Website (private address; updated 4 Feb 2014)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9344 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1872 unapproved names)

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