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Northwest Africa 6021
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6021
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6021
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 301 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  CO3
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 645 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Comments: Approved 6 Oct 2019
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Writeup from MB 108:

Northwest Africa 6021 (NWA 6021)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2009

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a local meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Brownish individual partly covered with fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite is composed of abundant small chondrules, CAIs, and mineral fragments set into a fine-grained brownish matrix. Chondrules are dominantly of porphyritic type I and type II and have an apparent mean diameter of about 0.2 mm. Some sulfides and FeNi metal grains are present in matrix and chondrules. Some chondrules show orange staining due to terrestrial alteration.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2009
Mass (g):301
Pieces:1
Class:CO3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:moderate
Fayalite (mol%):26.9±20.2 (1.3-59.7, n=11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.4±1.6 (0.9-5.7, n=15)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0±0.4 (0.7-2.4, n=15)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20.4
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Stefan Ralew
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Ralew: Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin, Germany; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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