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Northwest Africa 10947
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10947
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10947
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 77.2 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6484 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 18 Nov 2016
Data from:
  MB105
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Place of purchase:Tucson
Date:P 2000
Mass (g):77.22
Pieces:2
Class:H4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):17 (by X-ray diffraction, ±1 mol% Fa)
Classifier:I. Nicklin, ROM
Type spec mass (g):16.2
Type spec location:ROM
Main mass:DGregory
Comments:DG 020; submitted by I. Nicklin
Institutions
   and collections
ROM: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)
DGregory: David Gregory, 230 First Avenue, Suite 108, St. Thomas, Ontario N5R 4P5, Canada (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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