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Northwest Africa 1667
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1667
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1667
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1005 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  Diogenite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Diogenite
Recommended:  Diogenite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 522 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 228:
Place of purchase:Denver
Date:P Oct 2002
Mass (g):1005
Pieces:1
Class:Dio
Fayalite (mol%):29.3-30.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.6-25.0
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS
Type spec mass (g):20.8
Main mass:ROM
Comments:Chro: Cr(Cr+Al) = 0.89
Institutions
   and collections		 ROM: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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