Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 5425

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Northwest Africa 5425

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 5425
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5425
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 479 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 97	(2010)	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)

Comments:

Approved 6 Nov 2009

Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 240:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud, Morocco
Date:	2006
Mass (g):	479
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Fayalite (mol%):	17.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.2
Wollastonite (mol%):	1
Classifier:	A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):	10
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Morgan

Institutions
and collections

UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)

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Photos:

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

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

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