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The total known weight of 12.4 kilograms was recovered.
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.
E-mail Address: meteorites@att.net