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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6007 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6007 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 819 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 16 May 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 6007 (NWA 6007) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2009 Oct Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3) Petrography: (K. Metzler, IfP) Ordinary chondrite of low petrologic type consisting of about 90 vol% chondrules of various textural types, set in a fine-grained interchondrule matrix. Accessory phases are FeNi metal and troilite, mostly residing outside of chondrules. Geochemistry: The mean olivine composition is Fa17.7±11.0 (Fa1-37; n=15); the mean low-Ca pyroxene composition is Fs10.0±8.4 (Fs3-34; n=19) Classification: L chondrite based on apparent chondrule size (~0.6 mm; n=49) and moderate metal content. Petrologic type <3.5 based on the variability of olivine composition (Fayalite PMD >50) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012) |
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References: | Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9344 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1872 unapproved names) |