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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6235 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6235 Observed fall: No Year found: 2005 Country: Morocco Mass:  216 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 649 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: |
Approved 21 May 2010 Revised 28 May 2010: Changed official name by vote of NomCom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB online:
Northwest Africa 6235 30°55.68’N, 4°51.50’W Fezzou Village, Morocco Found: 15 Sep 2005 Classification: Ureilite History: The finder and collector of both meteorites, Northwest Africa 6235 and Northwest Africa 6236, originally called Fezzou (a) and Fezzou (b), respectively, is Mr. Mosudiqu Aziz, who is a Moroccan shepherd and living in Alnif, Morocco. Mr. Ichiro Katagi, who is a dealer of rocks and meteorites, purchased them from Mr. Mosudiqu Aziz at Alnif. The submitter, Sawada, bought them from Mr. Katagi at the Mineral Tokyo Show in Tokyo, Japan. Geochemistry: Ca-rich pyroxene (Fs4.1-6.3Wo24.4-36.6); diamond (Raman peak: 1334 - 1336 cm-1). C (3.34 wt%). Carbon isotope analysis (D. Dettman, UAz): δ13C: -2.35±0.07 per mil (vs. PDB); Oxygen isotope analysis (by K. Nagao, UTok; M. Kusakabe, UToy, I. Ahn and J. I. Lee, KOPRI): δ17O: 3.98 ± 0.57 per mil (vs. SMOW); δ18O: 8.08 ± 0.47 per mil (vs. SMOW). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB98 Table 1 Line 51: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UAz: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721, United States (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012) UTok: University Museum, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan (institutional address; updated 3 Oct 2021) KOPRI: Korea Polar Research Institute, 26 Songdomirae-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Korea, 406-840, South Korea; Website (institutional address; updated 20 Dec 2014) OkaU: Institute for Study of the Earth's Interior, Okayama University, Misasa Tottori 682-0193, Japan (institutional address) ShiU: Department of Geoscience, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu-cho, Matsue, 690-8504, Japan (institutional address; updated 21 May 2010) UToy: Department of Environmental Biology and Chemistry The University of Toyama, Gofuku 3190, Toyama-shi, 930-8555, Japan (institutional address; updated 21 May 2010) NSMT: National Museum of Nature and Science, 4-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0005, JAPAN, Japan; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jun 2014) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites from Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco This is 1 of 2012 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 35 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Fezzou (a) (Renamed NWA by action of nomcom 5/28/10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||