Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 171

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Northwest Africa 171

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 171
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 171
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Morocco
Mass: 14.1 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L3.9
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	L3.9
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L3.9
Recommended:			L3.9 [explanation]

This is 1 of 29 approved meteorites classified as L3.9. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB85
  Table 4
  Line 89:

Origin or pseudonym:	Aboud
Place of purchase:	Tagounite
Date:	1999?
Latitude:	29°55'N
Longitude:	5°35'W
Mass (g):	14.1
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3.9
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	22.2-32.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.1
Classifier:	S. V. Afanasiev and M. Ivanova (Vernad)
Type spec mass (g):	3.2
Comments:	PMD 8.51

Institutions
and collections

Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(29° 55'N, 5° 35'W)
Recommended::	(29° 55'N, 5° 35'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 73 approved meteorites from Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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