Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 1573

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Northwest Africa 1573

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 1573
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1573
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 78 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 87	(2003)	L
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L-IM
Recommended:			L-imp melt [explanation]

This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites classified as L-imp melt. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 171:

Origin or pseudonym:	Morocco
Date:	2002
Mass (g):	78
Pieces:	1
Class:	L
Shock stage:	S5
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.4
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB and M. Kurz, Kurz
Type spec mass (g):	17.7
Comments:	impact melt rock

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)

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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