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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: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 639 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: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) |