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Northwest Africa 477
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 477
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 477
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 1194 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11150 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [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 127:
Origin or pseudonym:Er Rachidia 008
Date:P Apr 2000
Latitude:32°02.0'N
Longitude:4°10.6'W
Mass (g):1194
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):18.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.1
Classifier:S. V. Afanasiev (Vernad)
Type spec mass (g):79.4
Main mass:S. V. Afanasiev
Comments:bought in April 2000 by S. V. Afanasiev from nomads who possibly found it in 1999 in Morroco;
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (32° 2'N, 4° 11'W)
     Recommended::   (32° 2' 0"N, 4° 10' 36"W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.6 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites from Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco
     This is 1 of 1973 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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Synonymshelp: Er Rachidia 008 (From MetBase)

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