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Northwest Africa 099
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 099
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 099
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 16 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6826 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 4
  Line 54:
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P 17 Sep 2000
Mass (g):16.0 kg
Pieces:6
Class:H6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):18.9
Classifier:A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):206.5
Main mass:buyer
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards   
Hanno Strufe   
Michael Cottingham   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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