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Northwest Africa 2617
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2617
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2617
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 472 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  H/L4
Recommended:  H/L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites classified as H/L4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), H/L chondrites, H/L chondrites (type 4-7), L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 3 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 75:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco/Algeria
Date:November 2004
Mass (g):472
Pieces:1
Class:H/L4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.5-20.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.2-21.2
Magnetic suscept.:4.93
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):20.1
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Gehler
Comments:Kamazite 6.2-6.9% Co; An12-13. Fusion crust 3 mm thick
Institutions
   and collections		 Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Gehler: A. Gehler, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany , Germany (private address; updated 10 Jun 2015)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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

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