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Northwest Africa 6315

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 6315
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6315
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 184 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 102	(2013)	Diogenite
Recommended:			Diogenite [explanation]

This is 1 of 522 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all]
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Comments:

Approved 10 Dec 2013

Writeup

Writeup from MB 102:

Northwest Africa 6315 (NWA 6315)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2007

Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite)

Petrography: (A. Greshake, MNB) The meteorite displays a grayish interior and is dominantly composed of blocky mm-sized orthopyroxene crystals. Minor phases are olivine, calcic plagioclase, chromite and FeNi metal.

Geochemistry: olivine: Fa_28.2; low-Ca pyroxene: Fs_23.4Wo_3.2; calcic plagioclase: An_88.2-93

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Bruegg, Switzerland
Date:	P 2007
Mass (g):	184
Pieces:	1
Class:	Diogenite
Shock stage:	low
Weathering grade:	low
Fayalite (mol%):	28.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	23.4
Wollastonite (mol%):	3.2
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	21.2
Type spec location:	MNB
Main mass:	Beat Booz
Comments:	BB-23; submitted by Ansgar Greshake

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Beat Booz

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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