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NWA 788   contributed by Twink Monrad, IMCA 9454   MetBul Link


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TKW 12.93 kg. Fall not observed. Purchased 17 March 2001 in Casablanca.   unclassified

Twink writes:
The light gray blobs on the outside are bits of mounting putty.
 


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John Divelbiss
 4/8/2015 9:15:49 PM		 Twink, Love the match set of NWA 788 halves. I have a nice big part slice of this meteorite also. An early 2000 example of nicely shocked chondrite. It's neighbor NWA 787 is a likely pairing to NWA 869.
Bernd Pauli
 4/8/2015 3:38:55 PM		 Yep, Pete. It does look a bit like NGC 6960, the Veil Nebula in Cygnus!
Pete Zemeckas
 4/8/2015 11:11:56 AM		 It's like a black Veil Nebula!
Ray Watts
 4/8/2015 6:03:34 AM		 Very nice ,
Bernd Pauli
 4/8/2015 4:41:14 AM		 Beautiful veining! NWA 788 is one of those meteorites often considered an "ugly duckling" but one look inside proves the opposite: it's a beauty!
 

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