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Northwest Africa 1977
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1977
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1977
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 69.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  Eucrite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:  Eucrite-mmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 272 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 60:
Place of purchase:St. Marie
Date:Jun 2003
Mass (g):69.1
Pieces:1
Class:Euc
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1-2
Ferrosilite (mol%):61.1±1.5
Classifier:A. Sokol, A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec mass (g):14
Comments:An84-93; mbr; (data±1 mol% EDS analyses)
Institutions
   and collections		 Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names)

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