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Northwest Africa 3364
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3364
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3364
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 538 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 90  (2006)  R3-5
Recommended:  R3-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites classified as R3-5.   [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 3 Feb 2006
Data from:
  MB90
  Table 2
  Line 217:
Place of purchase:Sainte Marie
Date:2004
Mass (g):538
Pieces:1
Class:R3-5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):39.5 ± 2.5
Classifier:Niemeier, Jording, and A. Bischoff
Type spec mass (g):41
Type spec location:Mun
Comments:Updated 26 Jul 2007: breccia
Institutions
   and collections		 Mun: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)
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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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