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Northwest Africa 1787
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1787
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1787
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 656 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  L3.8-5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3.8-5
Recommended:  L3.8-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites classified as L3.8-5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 277:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:Feb 2006
Mass (g):655.7
Pieces:1
Class:L3.8-5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.5-26.4
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):25.9
Main mass:G. Merlier
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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

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