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Northwest Africa 775

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 775
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 775
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Morocco
Mass: 3.28 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 89	(2005)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Revised 26 Jul 2007: Corrected mass

Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 4:

Origin or pseudonym:	Southern Morocco
Place of purchase:	Tucson
Date:	P2001
Mass (g):	3280
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	25
Classifier:	Marvin Killgore
Type spec mass (g):	20
Type spec location:	University of Arizona
Main mass:	Tobin
Comments:	Mass corrected MB92

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)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)

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Photos:

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Gerald Armstrong

Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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