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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6279 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6279 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: Morocco Mass:  11.45 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 146 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 25 Aug 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB online:
Northwest Africa 6279 (NWA 6279) Morocco Purchased: 2009 Aug 20 Classification: Iron meteorite (IIAB) Petrography: (J. Zipfel, Senck) Iron with Ogg structure and cm-sized troilite inclusions. Geochemistry: Mineral composition and geochemistry: (J. Wasson, UCLA) bulk composition (INAA: Ni = 64.700, Co = 4.86 (mg/g) and Ga = 54.9, Au = 1.090 (µg/g). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB99 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) Senck: SENCKENBERG Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 25 60325 Frankfurt am Main Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 4 Apr 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1974 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||