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Northwest Africa 726
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 726
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 726
Observed fall: No
Year found: unknown
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 354 g
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 6407 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 189:
Origin or pseudonym:Khemlya
Date:?
Latitude:31°02'N
Longitude:4°00'W
Mass (g):354
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Fayalite (mol%):19.3
Classifier:Ph. Gillet (ENSL) and A. Jambon (UPVI)
Type spec mass (g):19
Main mass:anonymous buyer
Institutions
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ENSL: Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre, 46 allée d'Italie 69364 Lyon Cedex, France (institutional address; updated 27 Feb 2011)
UPVI: Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI),Case 110, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France (institutional address; updated 5 Oct 2014)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (31° 2'N, 4° 0'W)
     Recommended::   (31° 2'N, 4° 0'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites from Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco
     This is 1 of 1967 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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