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Northwest Africa 107
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 107
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 107
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1630 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3.7
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  H3.7
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3.7
Recommended:  H3.7    [explanation]

This is 1 of 75 approved meteorites classified as H3.7.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 4
  Line 62:
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P 17 Sep 2000
Mass (g):1630
Pieces:1
Class:H3.7
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W5
Fayalite (mol%):16.4±0.2
Classifier:A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):364
Main mass:buyer
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards   
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Michel Girard   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)

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