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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 2677 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 2677 Observed fall: No Year found: 2004 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  100 g | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IAB complex. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 89:
Northwest Africa 2677 Northwest Africa Found 2004 Iron (IIICD) A single mass with a total weight of 100 grams were purchased in Erfoud, Morocco in September 2004. Description and provisional classification (Andrew Campbell U. Chicago): The meteorite is a fine octahedrite, Fe, wt% 86.5, Co, wt% 0.585, Ni, wt% 12.8, Ga 7.8 ppm, Mo 3.81 ppm, Ru 0.174 ppm, Rh 0.211 ppm, Pd 6.6 ppm, W 0.135 ppm, Re 0.010 ppm, Os 0.058 ppm, Ir 0.066 ppm, Pt 0.131 ppm, Au 1.83 ppm. Specimens: type specimen, 17 g UCLA, 4 g U. Chicago; main mass, Birdsell. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB89 Table 7 Line 361: |
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| 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) Birdsell: Arizona Skies Meteorites, P.O. Box 2412, Flagstaff, AZ 86003, United States; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9921 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1838 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||