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Northwest Africa 1282

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 1282
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1282
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 21 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 96	(2009)	Howardite
Recommended:			Howardite [explanation]

This is 1 of 451 approved meteorites classified as Howardite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites

Comments:

Approved 16 Apr 2009

Data from:
  MB96
  Table 2
  Line 1:

State/Prov/County:	Zagora, Morocco
Date:	2001
Mass (g):	21
Pieces:	1
Class:	Howardite
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	69 (1 grain)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15-82
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.0-41
Classifier:	P. Warren, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):	4.2
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	GHupé
Comments:	Paired w. NWA 1664 and 1769 (K-rich glassy spheroids). Thought to be paired because all of these NWA howardites contain K-rich glasses

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)
GHupé: Gregory M. Hupé, 9003 Placid Lakes Blvd., Lake Placid, FL 33852, United States; Website (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 96, MAPS 44, 1355-1397 (2009)

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Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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