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Northwest Africa 760
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 760
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 760
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1581 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 467 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 203:
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P Nov 2000
Mass (g):1581
Pieces:many
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):0.3-53.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.2-18.8
Classifier:M. Denise (MNHNP)
Type spec mass (g):24
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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Bruno Fectay and Carine Bidaut   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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