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Northwest Africa 844
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 844
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 844
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 629 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  H3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 682 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 6
  Line 52:
Origin or pseudonym:Faiga
Date:5 Mar 2001
Latitude:30°48.48'N
Longitude:5'W51.35'W
Mass (g):629
Pieces:32
Class:H3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):17.6 (1.5-40.1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):8.2 (3.5-19.3)
Classifier:A. Greshake (MNB) and M. Kurz (Kurz)
Type spec mass (g):21.3
Type spec location:MNB
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards   
Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (30° 48'N, 5° 51'W)
     Recommended::   (30° 48' 29"N, 5° 51' 21"W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 73 approved meteorites from Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco (plus 4 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1967 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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