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Northwest Africa 6193

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 6193
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6193
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 68 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	Aubrite
Recommended:			Aubrite [explanation]

This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites classified as Aubrite. [show all]
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Comments:

Approved 28 Aug 2011

Writeup

Writeup from MB 100:

Northwest Africa 6193 (NWA 6193)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2009

Classification: Enstatite achondrite (Aubrite)

Physical characteristics: Igneous rock with variable grain size (<1 mm to 5 mm).

Petrography: Contains schreibersite, graphite, amd daubreelite.

Geochemistry: Metal Si = 1.4 wt %; FeS Cr = 2.7 wt %; plagioclase, An₁₀Or₅

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1306:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud
Date:	P 2009
Mass (g):	68
Pieces:	1
Class:	Aubrite
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	low
Ferrosilite (mol%):	0.4 (n=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.8 (n=5)
Classifier:	T. Bunch and Wittke, NAU
Type spec mass (g):	15.7
Type spec location:	NAU
Main mass:	Aaronson
Comments:	Submitted by T. Bunch

Institutions
and collections

NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

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

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