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Northwest Africa 2550
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2550
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2550
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 14 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  Eucrite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Eucrite
Recommended:  Eucrite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 595 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 335:
Place of purchase:München
Date:P Nov 2003
Mass (g):14
Pieces:1
Class:Euc
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Ferrosilite (mol%):62±3
Classifier:A. Bischoff, A. Sokol, M. Niemeier Mün
Type spec mass (g):3
Main mass:HSSH
Comments:Plag: An84±4; sv
Institutions
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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.

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     This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)
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