Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 3053

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Northwest Africa 3053

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 3053
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3053
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 70 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 89	(2005)	H4-6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4-6
Recommended:			H4-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites classified as H4-6. [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 403:

Origin or pseudonym:	Erfoud
Date:	2002
Mass (g):	70
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4-6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	19.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.4
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB and M. Kurz
Type spec mass (g):	14.6
Comments:	br

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

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

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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