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Northwest Africa 16826
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 16826
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 16826
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 13 g
Classification
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Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12021 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 16 Jul 2024
Data from:
  MB113
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2014
Mass (g):13
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):17.8±0.1 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.0±0.2 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3±0.4 (n=5)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):5.4
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Franco Vignato
Comments:Brownish fragment with minor fusion crust. Plagioclase grain size is about 30 µm.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 113, in preparation (2024)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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