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Northwest Africa 6362
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6362
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6362
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 170 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 708 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 30 May 2014
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Munich, Germany
Date:P Oct 2004
Mass (g):170
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):19.5±8.1 (0.42-35.1, N=23)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.6
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8
Classifier:C. A. Lorenz, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):21.7
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:H. Stehlik
Finder:anonymous
Comments:STH 115; PMD of FeO content of olivine = 32.7; Ni-poor and Ni-rich troilite (up to 0.38 wt%); zonal Fe-Ni metal with unequilibrated Ni-profiles.; submitted by C.A. Lorenz
Institutions
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Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2049 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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