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Northwest Africa 7179
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7179
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7179
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 153.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 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: Approved 17 Feb 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1660:
Place of purchase:Los Angeles
Date:P 2011
Mass (g):153.57
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.4±0.1 (n=6)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1
Classifier:Alan Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):20.52
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Sean Tutorow
Comments:Submitted by Alan Rubin
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. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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