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Northwest Africa 1476
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1476
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1476
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 20.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  R3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  R3
Recommended:  R3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 74 approved meteorites classified as R3.   [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 98:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2001
Mass (g):20.6
Pieces:2
Class:R3
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):41±2.2 (mx) 8±11 (chond)
Classifier:A. Sokol and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec mass (g):4.5
Main mass:JNMC
Institutions
   and collections
JNMC: jnmczurich, P.O. Box 208, CH-8155 Niederhasli, Switzerland; Website (private address; updated 4 Feb 2014)
Mün: 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. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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