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Northwest Africa 267
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 267
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 267
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 73.9 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 4
  Line 120:
Place of purchase:Denver, CO
Date:P Sep 2000
Mass (g):73.9 kg
Pieces:1000s
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2-3
Fayalite (mol%):17.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.1
Classifier:M. Ivanova (Vernad)
Type spec mass (g):356
Main mass:Dean Bessey
Institutions
   and collections
Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Bessey: Dean Bessey ,P.O. Box 40810, Glenfield, Auckland 1310 , New Zealand; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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John A. Shea      
Michael S. Scherman   
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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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