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Northwest Africa 6341

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 6341
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6341
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 136 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	CK5/6
Recommended:			CK5/6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites classified as CK5/6. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites

Comments:

Approved 19 Sep 2011

Writeup

Writeup from MB 100:

Northwest Africa 6341 (NWA 6341)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2010 Jun

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5/6)

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS): Sparse recrystallized chondrules.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_29.4-29.7; FeO/MnO = 100-102), orthopyroxene (Fs_24.4-26.1Wo_4.1-0.6; FeO/MnO = 76-80), clinopyroxene (Fs_11.0-12.1Wo_47.9-46.6and Fs_13.6Wo_31.7; FeO/MnO = 86-240), plagioclase (An_40.8-89.0Or_6.5-0.2), Cr-bearing magnetite and troilite. Oxygen isotopes (D. Rumble, CIW): δ¹⁷O -4.53, -4.48; δ¹⁸O -0.88, -0.65; Δ¹⁷O -4.069, -4.141

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1352:

Origin or pseudonym:	Northwest Africa
Place of purchase:	Ensisheim, France
Date:	P 2010 Jun
Mass (g):	136
Pieces:	1
Class:	CK5/6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	low
Fayalite (mol%):	29.4-29.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):	24.4-26.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	4.1-0.6
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	20.9
Type spec location:	UWS
Main mass:	B. Booz
Comments:	BB-26; submitted by A. Irving

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O isotopes:

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)
CIW: Carnegie Insitution Washington, Geophysical Laboratory, 5251 Broad Branch Rd., NW, Washington DC 20015, United States (institutional address)

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References:

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

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
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Beat Booz

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)

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