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Northwest Africa 854

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 854
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 854
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 45 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	IAB
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	IAB
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	IAB
Recommended:			Iron, IAB complex [explanation]

This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IAB complex. [show all]
Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites

Data from:
  MB86
  Table 6
  Line 61:

Origin or pseudonym:	Ziz
Date:	P Jan 2000
Mass (g):	45 kg
Pieces:	2
Class:	IAB
Classifier:	A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):	150
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	anonymous dealers
Comments:	Co = 4.68 mg/g, Ni = 69.1 mg/g, Ga = 90.9 µg/g, As = 11.1 tg/g, Ir = 2.10,ug/g, Pt = 6.8 µg/g, Au = 1.499 pg/g.

Institutions
and collections

UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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