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Northwest Africa 710
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 710
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 710
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 54 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  CV3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  CV3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 602 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 4
  Line 178:
Origin or pseudonym:Foum Zguid
Date:2000
Mass (g):54
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):8.2
Classifier:A. Rubin (UCLA) and M. Skirdji (Chemin de la Touviere, 38330 St. Nazaire Les Eymes, France
Type spec mass (g):10.8
Main mass:M. Skirdji
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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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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