Northwest Africa 778
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Name: Northwest Africa 778
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Official abbreviation: NWA 778
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Class: H4
Country: Algeria
Coordinates : 29?25'N, 5?16'W
This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites from Tindouf, Algeria (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 614 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
This is 1 of 27515 approved Ordinary chondrites (plus 33 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 2489 approved meteorites classified as H4 (plus 2 unapproved names)
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
Find references in NASA ADS
Mass: 9.75 kg

Origin or pseudonym:El Mahbes
Date:1999
Latitude:29?5'N
Longitude:5?6'W
Mass (g):9747
Pieces:3
Class:H4
Fayalite (mol%):17.5
Type spec mass (g):70
Info:Classified by F. Brandst?ter (NHMV); main mass, Pani.


North West Africa 778' (stone; ordinary chondrite)
Location:North West Africa
Coordinates:29?25' N / 5?16' W
Find or Fall:Find
Date:1999
Recovered weight: 9747 g
Group: H
Petrologic type: 4
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.