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Northwest Africa 6228 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6228 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6228 Observed fall: No Year found: 2003 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 478 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 710 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 24 Oct 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 6228 (NWA 6228) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2003 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3) Geochemistry: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS): Olivine, Fa8.7-31.8. Three pyroxenes were observed: Fs6.5-29.9Wo0.3-3.5, Fs9.8Wo17.7, and Fs2.5Wo43.4. Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine: 0.01-0.04 wt.%. Estimated subtype 3.6. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1313: |
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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) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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