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Northwest Africa 1660
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1660
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1660
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 287 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 222:
Place of purchase:Mahbes
Date:P 2002
Mass (g):287
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1/2
Fayalite (mol%):18.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.1
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB and M. Kurz, Kurz
Type spec mass (g):21.6
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 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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