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Northwest Africa 774
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 774
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 774
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 1440 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6408 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Revised 26 Jul 2007: Corrected mass and year
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 103:

Northwest Africa 774, correction

The owner of the main mass listed in MB89 was incorrect. It is owned by Tobin.
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 3:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco
Place of purchase:Tucson
Date:P2001
Mass (g):523
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18
Classifier:Marvin Killgore
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:University of Arizona
Main mass:Southwest Meteorite Collection
Institutions
   and collections		 Killgore: Marvin and Kitty Killgore, Southwest Meteorite Laboratory, P.O. Box 95, Payson, AZ 85547, United States; Website (private address)
Tobin: J. Tobin, The Meteorite Exchange, PMB #455, P.O. Box 7000, Redondo Beach, CA 90277, United States (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Gerald Armstrong   
Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1972 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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