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Northwest Africa 723

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 723
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 723
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Algeria
Mass: 395 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	CV3
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	CV3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CV3
Recommended:			CV3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 481 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites

Data from:
  MB85
  Table 4
  Line 186:

Origin or pseudonym:	Tinaf
Date:	May 2000
Latitude:	29°53'N
Longitude:	5°30'W
Mass (g):	395
Pieces:	1
Class:	CV3
Shock stage:	S1-2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	1.41-39
Ferrosilite (mol%):	3.0-36.3
Classifier:	M. Denise (MNHNP)
Type spec mass (g):	17.5
Main mass:	anonymous buyer

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. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Bruno Fectay and Carine Bidaut
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Phil Schmitz

Geography:

Algeria

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(29° 53'N, 5° 30'W)
Recommended::	(29° 53'N, 5° 30'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 38 approved meteorites from Bechar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
This is 1 of 1400 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 33 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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