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(L5, S5, W0) Meteoritical Bulletin #87
 
 
NWA 1779
NWA 1779 before cutting © P. Thomas
 
 

Northwest Africa 1779
Origin or pseudonym: Morocco-Algeria border
Place of purchase: Erfoud
Date: 2002
Mass (g): 857
Pieces: 1
Class: L5
Shock stage: S5
Weathering grade: W0
Fayalite (mol%): 24.6
Ferrosilite (mol%): 20.5
Classifier: M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Comments: sv

 
         
     
     
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