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Northwest Africa 1900
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1900
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1900
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1100 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 4
  Line 67:
Origin or pseudonym:Boudnib, Morocco
Date:2002
Mass (g):1100
Pieces:5
Class:L4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):21
Classifier:R. Greenwood, Open
Type spec mass (g):26.6
Main mass:MFranco
Finder:MFranco
Institutions
   and collections		 MFranco: Michel Franco (of Caillou Noir), 100 Chemin des Campenes 74400 Les Praz de Chamonix, France; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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