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Northwest Africa 6079
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6079
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6079
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 503 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  LL-melt breccia 
Recommended:  LL-melt breccia    [explanation]

This is 1 of 55 approved meteorites classified as LL-melt breccia.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites (type 4-7), LL chondrites, Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 19 Sep 2011
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Northwest Africa 6079 (NWA 6079)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: Sep 2008

Classification: LL-melt breccia

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS): No chondrules are present. Contains large ragged grains of stained troilite, chromite, and taenite. One aggregate of ilmenite+taenite+troilite observed.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa30.5-30.6), orthopyroxene (Fs24.7-25.9Wo3.2-2.9), clinopyroxene (Fs11.5±0.05Wo41.5-41.9), sodic plagioclase.

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1290:
Origin or pseudonym:Northwest Africa
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P Sep 2008
Mass (g):503
Pieces:7
Class:LL-melt breccia
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):30.5-30.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.7-25.9; 11.5±0.05
Wollastonite (mol%):3.2-3.9; 41.5-41.9
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):21.7
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:J. Higgins
Comments:JH10-4; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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