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Northwest Africa 6272
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6272
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6272
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 309 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Comments: Approved 28 Aug 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1319:
Origin or pseudonym:Northwest Africa
Place of purchase:Bruegg, Switzerland
Date:P 12 Feb 2010
Mass (g):309
Pieces:1
Class:Ureilite
Fayalite (mol%):24.2-24.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.5-13.9
Wollastonite (mol%):33.4-33.7
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):21.9
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:M. Jost
Comments:reduced rims on ol and subcalcic augite; 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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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