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Northwest Africa 6267

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: 225 g

Classification
history:

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

This is 1 of 501 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Approved 19 Sep 2011

Writeup

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 (Fa_35.9-37.6; FeO/MnO = 44.3-46.4), orthopyroxene (Fs_31.5Wo_3.6; Fs_46.7Wo_4.2; FeO/MnO = 28.5-29.9), clinopyroxene (Fs_20.1-24.3Wo_40.7-41.6; FeO/MnO = 23.1-27.7), calcic plagioclase, chromite and troilite

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1316:

Origin or pseudonym:	Mali
Place of purchase:	Bruegg, Switzerland
Date:	P 2010 Feb 12
Mass (g):	225
Pieces:	1
Class:	Diogenite
Fayalite (mol%):	35.9-37.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	31.5
Wollastonite (mol%):	3.6
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	21.3
Type spec location:	UWS
Main mass:	M. Jost
Comments:	SJS 10001; submitted by A. Irving

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)

Catalogs:

References:

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

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Photos:

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André Knöfel	Photo added 19 Apr 2022
aranemac	Photo added 19 Apr 2022
Dirk Hohmann	Photo added 19 Apr 2022 Photo added 19 Apr 2022 Photo added 19 Apr 2022 Photo added 19 Apr 2022 Photo added 19 Apr 2022 Photo added 19 Apr 2022 Photo added 19 Apr 2022
Gregor H.
Mirko Graul	Photo added 19 Apr 2022 Photo added 19 Apr 2022
Space Jewels

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 8559 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1896 unapproved names)

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