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Northwest Africa 6074
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6074
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6074
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 48.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 98  (2010)  Diogenite
Recommended:  Diogenite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 518 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 4 May 2010
Data from:
  MB98
  Table 1
  Line 48:
Date:P June 2008
Mass (g):48.8
Pieces:1
Class:Diogenite
Fayalite (mol%):24-25
Ferrosilite (mol%):18-26
Wollastonite (mol%):40,181 [sic]
Classifier:R. Korotev, A. Foreman, R. Zeigler, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):10
Type spec location:WUSL
Main mass:Labenne
Comments:Dioginite, Fs18-26Wo1-2; eucrite, Fs57, 39Wo42,3. Polymict.; submitted by Randy Korotev
Institutions
   and collections		 WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2012 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 35 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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