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Northwest Africa 1177
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1177
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1177
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 10 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  CR2
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CR2
Recommended:  CR2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 183 approved meteorites classified as CR2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), and CR chondrites
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 40:
Place of purchase:Zagora
Date:P Jan 2002
Mass (g):10
Pieces:1
Class:CR2
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1-2
Fayalite (mol%):1-3 (Peak)
Ferrosilite (mol%):1-3 (Peak)
Classifier:A. Sokol and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec mass (g):2.1
Comments:calc. v.
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. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names)

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