Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 1717

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Northwest Africa 1717

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 1717
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1717
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Mauritania
Mass: 6.03 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 87	(2003)	LL5-6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL5-6
Recommended:			LL5-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 64 approved meteorites classified as LL5-6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 250:

Origin or pseudonym:	Atar, Mauritania
Place of purchase:	Hamburg
Date:	P Dec 2002
Latitude:	~21°N
Longitude:	~13°W
Mass (g):	6032
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL5-6
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	30.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	25
Classifier:	A. Sokol and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec mass (g):	21
Main mass:	JNMC
Comments:	sv, br, frags of impact melt breccias; data ±1 mol. %

Institutions
and collections

JNMC: jnmczurich, P.O. Box 208, CH-8155 Niederhasli, Switzerland; Website (private address; updated 4 Feb 2014)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)

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Geography:

Mauritania

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(21°N, 13°W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites from Adrar, Mauritania (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 195 approved meteorites from Mauritania (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 2 impact craters)

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