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Northwest Africa 6729
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6729
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6729
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 113 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  H~4
Recommended:  H~4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 40 approved meteorites classified as H~4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 5 Nov 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1501:
Place of purchase:Hamburg Mineral Fair
Date:P 2009 Dec
Mass (g):113.0
Pieces:1
Class:H~4
Magnetic suscept.:5.18
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:S. Buhl, Hamb
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Well-defined chondrules to 3 mm in a poorly crystallized matrix.; submitted by Bartoschewitz
Institutions
   and collections		 Hamb: Mineralogisches Museum, Universität of Hamburg, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Feb 2013)
Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 7741 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1971 unapproved names)

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