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Northwest Africa 6097
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6097
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6097
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 132 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 6 Dec 2012
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Munich, Germany
Date:P 2000
Mass (g):132
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):17.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.0
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0
Classifier:C. A. Lorenz, Vernad.
Type spec mass (g):20.3
Type spec location:Vernad.
Main mass:Harald Stehlik
Comments:Submitted by C.A. Lorenz
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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