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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6401 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6401 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 52.4 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 23 Jul 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 6401 (NWA 6401) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2010 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3) History: The meteorite was bought from a local meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Petrography: The meteorite is composed of well defined chondrules of various petrological types about 0.6 in diameter set into a fine-grained matrix of chondrule and mineral fragments and FeNi metal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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