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Northwest Africa 6352
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6352
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6352
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1277 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  CO3
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 645 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Comments: Approved 5 Feb 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1361:
Place of purchase:Besancon, France
Date:P 2010 Aug
Mass (g):1277
Pieces:1
Class:CO3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):0.9-55.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.3-4.2; 1.3-3.9
Wollastonite (mol%):0.9; 36.7-41.4
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):21
Type spec location:2.6 g UWS, 18.4 g BathO
Main mass:F. Kuntz
Comments:Cr2O3 in Fe olivine 0.04-0.12 wt%; estimated subtype 3.4; field name K157; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 BathO: Bathurst Observatory Research Facility, 624 Limekilns Road, Kelso NSW 2795, Australia (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Coordinates:Unknown.

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