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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6267 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6267 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 434 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 19 Sep 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 6267 (NWA 6267) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2010 Feb 12 Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite) Physical characteristics: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS): Polymict breccia composed mostly of diogenitic clasts and debris, with sparse material derived from cumulate eucrites and sparse olivine grains. Petrography: Olivine (Fa35.9-37.6; FeO/MnO = 44.3-46.4), orthopyroxene (Fs31.5Wo3.6; Fs46.7Wo4.2; FeO/MnO = 28.5-29.9), clinopyroxene (Fs20.1-24.3Wo40.7-41.6; FeO/MnO = 23.1-27.7), calcic plagioclase, chromite and troilite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1316: |
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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) SJS: Space Jewels Switzerland, 2555 Brügg, Switzerland (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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Statistics: This is 1 of 7035 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 2000 unapproved names) |