Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 727

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Northwest Africa 727

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 727
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 727
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Morocco
Mass: 364 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	L4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L4
Recommended:			L4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB85
  Table 4
  Line 190:

Place of purchase:	Zagora
Date:	Jun 1998
Latitude:	30°20'N
Longitude:	5°45'W
Mass (g):	364
Pieces:	1
Class:	L4
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	23-27
Ferrosilite (mol%):	19-30
Classifier:	T. Mikouchi (UTok)
Type spec mass (g):	35
Comments:	An11; CPX: Fs7-9Wo45-47

Institutions
and collections

UTok: University Museum, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan (institutional address; updated 3 Oct 2021)

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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:	(30° 20'N, 5° 45'W)
Recommended::	(30° 20'N, 5° 45'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 73 approved meteorites from Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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