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Northwest Africa 1779
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1779
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1779
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 857 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8974 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 271:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco-Algeria border
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:2002
Mass (g):857
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W0
Fayalite (mol%):24.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.5
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):20
Main mass:PThomas
Comments:sv
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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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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