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Northwest Africa 1570
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1570
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1570
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 28 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  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:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 168:
Origin or pseudonym:Zagora
Date:2001
Mass (g):28
Pieces:1
Class:Euc
Shock stage:moderate
Weathering grade:very low
Ferrosilite (mol%):56.6
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB and M. Kurz, Kurz
Type spec mass (g):4.8
Comments:Plag: An93.5, monomict brecciated
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9111 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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