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Northwest Africa 1759
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1759
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1759
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 10.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  Eucrite-pmict
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Eucrite-pmict
Recommended:  Eucrite-pmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 425 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 254:
Origin or pseudonym:Boudnib area, Morocco
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:Jun 2001
Mass (g):10.1
Pieces:1
Class:Euc pm
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W0
Ferrosilite (mol%):27.8-39.5
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):2
Main mass:PThomas
Comments:Cpx: Fs22.2-48.5Wo9.1-41.3; Plag: An94.7;SiO2; coarse gabbroic texture.
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
PThomas: Philippe Thomas, Meteoritica, La Chave, 07690 St André en Vivarais, France (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards   
Shinishi Kato   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9921 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1838 unapproved names)

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