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Northwest Africa 2543
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2543
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2543
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 33.9 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  Eucrite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Eucrite
Recommended:  Eucrite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 587 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 328:
Place of purchase:München
Date:P Nov 2003
Mass (g):33.9
Pieces:4
Class:Euc
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Classifier:A. Bischoff, A. Sokol, M. Niemeier Mün
Type spec mass (g):7
Main mass:HSSH
Comments:Opx: Fs48-57; Plag: An91±1.5; br
Institutions
   and collections		 HSSH: Hanno Strufe, Langenbergstr. 32, 66954 Pirmasens, Germany; Website (private address)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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