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Northwest Africa 6344
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6344
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6344
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 942 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 1354:
Origin or pseudonym:Northwest Africa
Place of purchase:Ensisheim, France
Date:P 2010 Jun
Mass (g):942
Pieces:1
Class:Ureilite
Fayalite (mol%):20.8; 9.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.4; 5.7
Wollastonite (mol%):6.8; 6.2
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):20.8
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:P. Marmet
Comments:PMMC-1007; 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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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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