Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 1430

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Northwest Africa 1430

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 1430
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1430
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 113 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 87	(2003)	IIIAB
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	IIIAB
Recommended:			Iron, IIIAB [explanation]

This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all]
Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites

Data from:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 82:

Origin or pseudonym:	Tata
Place of purchase:	Morocco
Date:	2001
Mass (g):	113 kg
Pieces:	1
Class:	IIIAB
Classifier:	A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):	152
Main mass:	Gessler
Comments:	Co 5.02 mg/g, Ni 78.9 mg/g, Cu 167 µg/g, Ga 18.5 µg/g, As 4.45 µg/g, W 1.01 µg/g, Ir 3.90 µg/g, Pt 12.3 µg/g, Au 0.664 µg/; purchased by Gessler from Bessey

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)
Bessey: Dean Bessey ,P.O. Box 40810, Glenfield, Auckland 1310 , New Zealand; Website (private address)
Gessler: Nicholas Gessler, 2010 Calgary Lane, Los Angeles, CA 90077, United States (private address; updated 7 Jul 2016)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)