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Nr.	Meteorite	Year	Country	Type	TKW in g	NCC¹ in g

01	Chassigny*	1815	France	CHS	~4,000.00	0.456

02	Shergotty*	1865	India	b-SHE	~5,000.00	1.142

03	Lafayette	1931	USA	NAK	~800.00	0.198

04	Los Angeles 001 Los Angeles 002	1999 1999	USA	b-SHE	452.60 245.40	0.592 0.201

05	Governador Valadares	1958	Brazil	NAK	158.00	1.036

06	Nakhla*	1911	Egypt	NAK	~10,000.00	2.240

07	Zagami*	1962	Nigeria	b-SHE	~18,100.00	3.957

08	Dar al Gani 476 Dar al Gani 489 Dar al Gani 670 Dar al Gani 735 Dar al Gani 876 Dar al Gani 975 Dar al Gani 1037 Dar al Gani 1051 DaG xxx1³ DaG xxx2 "HH"³ DaG xxx3 "NC2"°	1998 1997 1999 1997 1998 1999 1999 2000 1999 1999 1999	Libya	o-SHE	2,015.00 2,146.00 1,619.00 588.00 6.22 27.55 4,012.43 40.13 349.50 18.98 1.75	2.554 1.472 2.146 1.348 0.648 1.535 1.637 2.334 1.518 1.154 1.752

09	NWA 480 NWA 1460	2000 2002	Morocco	b-SHE	28.00 70.18	0.600 2.231

10	NWA 817	2000	Morocco	NAK	104.00	1.650

11	NWA 856	2001	Morocco	b-SHE	320.00	2.308

12	NWA 998	2001	Algeria	NAK	456.00	1.980

13	NWA 1068 NWA 1110 NWA 1183² NWA 1775 NWA 2373 NWA 2969 NWA xxxx³	2001 2001 2002 2002 2004 2005 2005	Morocco	o-SHE	576.77 118.00 140.00 25.00 18.10 11.70 15.00	2.412 2.142 2.504 1.409 1.943 0.872 0.702

14	NWA 1195	2002	Morocco	o-SHE	315.00	1.706

15	NWA 1669	2001	Morocco	b-SHE	35.85	1.594

16	NWA 1950	2001	Morocco	l-SHE	797.00	1.576

17	NWA 2046	2003	Algeria	o-SHE	63.00	1.430

18	NWA 2626	2004	Algeria	o-SHE	31.07	1.301

19	NWA 2646	2004	NW Africa	l-SHE	9.30	0.880

20	NWA 2737	2000	Morocco	CHS	611.00	2.190

21	NWA 2800	2007	Morocco	b-SHE	686.00	0.764

22	NWA 2975 NWA 2986 NWA 2987² NWA 4766² NWA 4783² NWA 4857² NWA 4864 NWA 4878 NWA 4880 NWA 4930 NWA 5140² NWA 5214 NWA 5219 NWA 5313 NWA 5366² NWA xxxx "NC3"°	2005 2006 2007 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2007 2009	Algeria	b-SHE	70.10 201.00 82.00 225.00 120.00 24.00 94.00 130.00 81.60 117.50 7.45 50.70 60.00 5.30 39.62 1.42	1.070 2.460 0.989 2.218 2.754 1.418 1.438 0.674 0.634 1.208 1.348 na 1.396 0.186 0.958 1.416

23	NWA 2990 NWA 5960 NWA 6234²	2007 2009 2010	Mali	o-SHE	363.00 147.00 55.73	0.880 0.406 2.384

24	NWA 3171	2004	Algeria	b-SHE	506.00	1.604

25	NWA 4222	2006	Morocco	o-SHE	16.55	1.346

26	NWA 4468	2006	NW Africa	b-SHE	675.00	1.434

27	NWA 4480	2006	Morocco	b-SHE	13.00	0.444

28	NWA 4527 NWA 4925	2006 2007	Algeria	o-SHE	10.06 282.30	0.880 2.963

29	NWA 4797	2001	Morocco	l-SHE	15.00	0.489

30	NWA 5029	2003	Morocco	b-SHE	14.67	2.662

31	NWA 5298	2008	Morocco	b-SHE	445.00	0.560

32	NWA 5718	2006	Algeria	b-SHE	90.50	0.558

33	NWA 5789	2009	Morocco	o-SHE	49.00	1.592

34	NWA 5790 NWA 6148²	2008 2009	Mauritania	NAK	145.00 270.00	2.164 0.156

35	NWA 5990	2009	Morocco	b-SHE	59.00	1.271

36	NWA 6162²	2010	Morocco	o-SHE	89.00	2.691

37	Dhofar 019	2000	Oman	o-SHE	1,056.00	2.052

38	Dhofar 378 Dhofar xxx "M12"³	2000 2001	Oman	b-SHE	15.00 209.10	0.890 0.333

39	Jiddat al Harasis 479	2008	Oman	b-SHE	553.00	1.498

40	Sayh al Uhaymir 005 Sayh al Uhaymir 008 Sayh al Uhaymir 051 Sayh al Uhaymir 060 Sayh al Uhaymir 090 Sayh al Uhaymir 094 Sayh al Uhaymir 120 Sayh al Uhaymir 125 Sayh al Uhaymir 130 Sayh al Uhaymir 150 Sayh al Uhaymir xxx°	1999 1999 2000 2001 2002 2001 2002 2003 2004 2002 2003	Oman	o-SHE	1,344.00 8,579.00 436.00 42.28 94.84 223.30 75.00 31.70 278.50 107.70 22.70	2.800 2.172 0.358 1.938 2.194 na 2.243 0.558 0.651 3.612 1.420

41	ALH A77005	1977	Antarctica	l-SHE	482.50	na

42	ALH 84001	1984	Antarctica	OPX	1,930.90	na

43	EET A79001	1980	Antarctica	o-SHE b-SHE	7,942.00	na

44	GRV 99027	2000	Antarctica	l-SHE	9.97	na

45	GRV 020090	2003	Antarctica	l-SHE	7.54	na

46	LAR 06319	2006	Antarctica	o-SHE	78.57	na

47	LEW 88516	1988	Antarctica	l-SHE	13.20	na

48	MIL 03346	2003	Antarctica	NAK	715.20	na

49	QUE 94201	1994	Antarctica	b-SHE	12.00	na

50	RBT 04261 RBT 04262	2004 2004	Antarctica	o-SHE	78.76 204.60	na

51	Yamato 793605	1979	Antarctica	l-SHE	16.00	na

52	Yamato 980459 Yamato 980497	1998 1998	Antarctica	o-SHE	82.46 8.70	na

53	Yamato 984028 Yamato 000027 Yamato 000047 Yamato 000097	1998 2000 2000 2000	Antarctica	l-SHE	12.34 9.68 5.34 24.48	na

54	Yamato 000593 Yamato 000749 Yamato 000802	2000 2000 2000	Antarctica	NAK	13,713.00 1,283.00 22.00	na

55	"YA1075" (Yanai)³	<2002	Antarctica	l-SHE	55.00	na

Abbr.:

               CHS - chassignite;
               NAK - nakhlite;
               OPX - orthopyroxenite;
               b-SHE - basaltic shergottite;
               l-SHE - "lherzolitic" shergottite;
               o-SHE - olivine-phyric shergottite, or olivine-orthopyroxene-phyric shergottite.

* Witnessed falls.
¹ Specific weights of the reference samples in the Norbert Classen Collection (NCC). Click on NCC specimen weight to load up a high-resolution photo of the respective collection sample (tbas = to be added soon; na = not available).
² These meteorites have been classified and named according to the rules of the Meteoritical Society, but not yet been published in the Meteoritical Bulletin (up to MetBull #98, provisional version). Their status has to be considered as provisional.
³ These meteorites have been classified, but not yet been officially named, nor published in the Meteoritical Bulletin (up to MetBull #98, provisional version). They are not official.
° These stones have not been officially classified, but they are probably paired to the assigned grouplets as they were found in close proximity to the other finds, and show a similar texture.