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Northwest Africa 984
Location: Morocco

Type: Ordinary chondrite, LL4

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Northwest Africa 984
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Weight: 12.28 grams
Price: $62.00

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Northwest Africa 984
History


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Name: Northwest Africa 984
Location: Morocco
Type: Ordinary chondrite, LL4

A small sample (89 grams) of this meteorite was purchased in Erfoud,
Morocco before August of 2001. A few additional pieces of this
meteorite have been identified since then. LL4 meteorites are quite rare.

More Information:



Saharan meteorites from Morocco and surrounding countries
Northwest Africa
Purchased or found 1985 to Date
Many meteorites lacking first-hand documentation of the find location
are being sold by Moroccan rock and mineral dealers, and by people from
other countries who have collected material in Morocco. These
meteorites are all sold as Moroccan finds, but there are plausible
reports that some were actually collected in Algeria or Western Sahara.
Other meteorites have been reported from this region with what appear
to be preise find locations. The reliability of locality information
associated with these meteorites is difficult to assess due to the
anonymity of all of the finders and most of the original sellers, and
because the Nomenclature Committee lacks the resources to investigate.
All meteorites found in this region are numbered in a "Northwest
Africa" (NWA) series. The Nomenclature Committee considers it possible
that differently numbered specimens are paired with each other or with
other named meteorites, and some may even be derived from the same
individual object.


This meteorite was published in the Meteoritical Society Bulletin No.
Check out their web site at http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/


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