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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 1664 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 1664 Observed fall: No Year found: 2002 Country: Algeria Mass:  6.31 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 453 approved meteorites classified as Howardite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 87:
Northwest Africa 1664 Algeria Find 2002 Achondrite (howardite) A very fresh, fully fusion-crusted single stone of 6310 g was found by local people in the desert of the Hamadah Tounassine region in Algeria near the town Tabelbala. Later on, it was purchased by A. Pani (Pani). Mineralogy and classification (F. Brandstätter and C. Lorenz, NHMV): the meteorite is a polymict breccia consisting mainly of mineral fragments, lithic clasts (diogenitic and eucritic), chondrule-like objects and (devitrified) glass fragments embedded in a fine-grained clastic matrix. Pyroxenes (En13–80Wo1–40) and feldspars (An80–95) cover the compositional range typical for howardites. Chondrule-like objects and glass fragments have sizes up to 1 cm. Specimens, type specimen, 258 g, NHMV; main mass, Pani. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB87 Table 8 Line 226: |
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| Institutions and collections |
NHMV: Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria, Austria; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2019) Pani: A. Pani, Meteorites-Minerals-Fossils, Lassallestr. 4/20, A-1020 Vienna, Austria; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 33 approved meteorites from Bechar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 1315 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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