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Northwest Africa 1777
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1777
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1777
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1055 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 407 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict.   [show all]
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Data from:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 269:
Origin or pseudonym:Sobti, Algeria
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:2002
Mass (g):1055
Pieces:1
Class:Euc pm
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Ferrosilite (mol%):26.5-50.7
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):20
Main mass:PThomas
Comments:Cpx: Fs28.2-57.1Wo42.5-7; Plag: Ab92; br
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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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