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Northwest Africa 6263 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6263 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6263 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 347 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 836 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 28 May 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 6263 (NWA 6263) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2010 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3) History: Purchased by Carsten Giessler in 2010 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-formed, fairly closely packed chondrules (apparent diameter 680±350 µm, N = 12) are set in a finer matrix (dark brown in thin section). Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa4.7-26.5, Cr2O3 in ferroan examples 0.03-0.06 wt.%, mean 0.05±0.01 wt.%, N = 5), orthopyroxene (Fs9.2-12.9Wo0.9-1.1, N = 2), subcalcic augite (Fs9.0Wo32.5). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.46. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3). Specimens: 23 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. C. Giessler. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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