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Northwest Africa 516
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 516
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 516
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 68 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Winonaite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  Winonaite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Winonaite
Recommended:  Winonaite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 80 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Winonaite.   [show all]
Search for other: Primitive achondrites, Winonaites
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 4
  Line 149:
Place of purchase:M'Hamid
Date:P 8 Nov 2000
Mass (g):68
Pieces:1
Class:Winonaite
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):1.1
Classifier:A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):6
Main mass:buyer
Comments:Pontlyfni-like; purchased by M. Farmer and/or M. Cottingham
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9116 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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