Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 2619

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Northwest Africa 2619

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 2619
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2619
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 220 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 89	(2005)	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:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 337:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud
Date:	2004
Mass (g):	220
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	18.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.4
Classifier:	Ted Bunch, NAU
Type spec mass (g):	20
Type spec location:	NAU

Institutions
and collections

NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
METEORITICON
Michael S. Scherman
Robert Zdancewicz
Solar Anamnesis
The Wilcox Collection of Meteorites

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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