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Northwest Africa 7439
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7439
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7439
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 37.2 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6459 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 28 Jan 2016
Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Toronto
Date:P 2010
Mass (g):37.2
Pieces:3
Class:H4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):15 (by X-ray diffraction, ±1 mol% Fa)
Classifier:I. Nicklin, ROM
Type spec mass (g):7.5
Type spec location:ROM
Main mass:ROM
Comments:RJ; submitted by I. Nicklin
Institutions
   and collections		 ROM: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)
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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:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2012 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 35 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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