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Northwest Africa 6041
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6041
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6041
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 150 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 682 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 1 Nov 2015
Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Agadir, Morocco
Date:P 2009
Mass (g):150
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):17.4±9.5 (2.2-29.1, n=39)
Ferrosilite (mol%):12±6.9 (3.3-24.1, n=22)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1±1.1 (0.3-4.5, n=22)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):21.2
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Carsten Giessler
Comments:Well defined chondrules ~0.3 mm in diameter in a fine-grained matrix of chondrule and mineral fragments and FeNi metal.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)

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