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Northwest Africa 6791
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6791
     This is a PROVISIONAL name.
     It cannot be used in publications.
Abbreviation: NWA 6791
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 92 g
Classification
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Recommended:  Unknown    [explanation]

Catalogs:
Provisional
info:		 Name: Northwest Africa 6791
Fieldname: M.491
Origin/pseudonym: Morocco/Algeria, Oued Draa region
Purchased:
Purchase or find date: 2001
Lat/long: 28°45'N, 8°35'W
Mass: 92.0
Pieces: 1
Specimens:
Description: Chondrite
Info:
Name assigned to: Walter De Vos
Date assigned: 2011-05-13
Assigned by: Caroline Smith
References: Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Algeria
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     Recommended::   (28° 45'N, 8° 35'W)
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