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Northwest Africa 6106
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6106
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6106
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 302 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  Eucrite-pmict
Recommended:  Eucrite-pmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 407 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 24 Apr 2012
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Northwest Africa 6106 (NWA 6106)

Northwest Africa

Purchased: 2008 May 18

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, polymict)

Petrography: Breccia containing unbrecciated igneous lithic clasts, which have ophitic to subophitic textures. Minerals present include pyroxene (low- and high-Ca), plagioclase, silica, with minor amounts of calcite, ilmenite, troilite, chromite, and Fe-Ni metal. The pyroxenes contain exsolution lamellae.

Geochemistry: Pyroxene Mg# = 35-42, low-Ca = Fs33.5-35.8Wo2.6-10.9, and high-Ca = Fs28.7-29.8Wo37.3-42.1; Plagioclase An 80-93. Oxygen isotopic compositions (R. Tanaka, OkaU, and D. Rumble, CIW, laser fluorination): δ18O = 1.702, δ17O = -0.311, Δ17O = 3.823 (all per mil).

Classification: Achondrite (eucrite, polymict) with shock metamorphism. Pyroxene Mn/Fe = 0.033 consistent with HEDs.

Specimens: 302 g and 5 thin sections are on deposit at UTenn. L. A. Taylor holds the main mass.

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1292:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2008 May 18
Mass (g):302
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite-pmict
Ferrosilite (mol%):33.5-35.8 (low-Ca); 28.7-29.8 (high-Ca)
Wollastonite (mol%):2.6-10.9 (low-Ca); 37.3-42.1 (High-Ca)
Classifier:A. Zhang and E. Worsham (UTenn)
Type spec mass (g):302
Type spec location:UTenn
Main mass:L.A. Taylor
Comments:Submitted by Sheri Singerling
Plots: O isotopes:  
Institutions
   and collections
UTenn: Planetary Geosciences Institute, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, United States (institutional address; updated 1 Nov 2011)
CIW: Carnegie Insitution Washington, Geophysical Laboratory, 5251 Broad Branch Rd., NW, Washington DC 20015, United States (institutional address)
OkaU: Institute for Study of the Earth's Interior, Okayama University, Misasa Tottori 682-0193, Japan (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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