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Northwest Africa 1587
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1587
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1587
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 50 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6459 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 185:
Date:P 2000
Mass (g):50
Pieces:many
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1/2
Fayalite (mol%):18.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):14.9
Classifier:S. Afanasiev, Vernad, analyzed by N. Kononkova, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):10.7
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
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 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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