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Northwest Africa 7001
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 249 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11568 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 7 Jul 2012
Data from:
  MB101
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Place of purchase:Tucson
Date:P 2000
Mass (g):248.5
Pieces:12
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.3±0.1 (n = 28)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.5±.2 (n = 4)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±.0.3 (n = 4)
Classifier:A. Ozaruk, ROM
Type spec mass (g):248.45
Type spec location:ROM
Main mass:ROM
Comments:Submitted by Kim Tait
Institutions
   and collections		 ROM: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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