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Northwest Africa 674 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 674 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 674 Observed fall: No Year found: 2001 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 430 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8891 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 20 Oct 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 674 (NWA 674) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2001 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) Petrography: Chondrules are moderately recrystallized, but readily delineated. Olivine exhibits undulose extinction, but lacks planar fractures. About 95% of the metal grains have been oxidized. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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