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Northwest Africa 7853
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7853
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7853
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1100 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  Pallasite
Recommended:  Pallasite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites classified as Pallasite.   [show all]
Search for other: Metal-rich meteorites, Pallasites
Comments: Approved 27 May 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2009
Mass (g):1100
Pieces:4
Class:Pallasite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:high
Fayalite (mol%):13.3
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):27.8
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Marcin Cimala
Comments:The meteorite is composed of up to 1-cm-sized olivine grains surrounded and penetrated by a matrix of iron oxides or hydroxides. No primary Fe-Ni metal was detected.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Dirk Hohmann   
Marcin Cimala      
Robert Smart   
Ryan Upchurch   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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