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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6368 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6368 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  6 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 605 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 4 Jan 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 99:
Northwest Africa 6368 (NWA 6368) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: Apr 2009 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) Petrography: (M.A. Ivanova, Vernad.) The meteorite consists of fine-grained matrix, chondrules and their fragments, refractory inclusions (CAIs) and isolated grains of minerals. Large CAIs (to 2 cm) are abundant, and consist of: spinel, melilite, pyroxene, anorthite and hibonite. The minor phases are plagioclase, spinel, chromite, sulfides, and Fe,Ni metal grains. Geochemistry: Olivine (EMP) is Fa1-21. Pyroxene is represented by low-Ca pyroxene Fs1-13Wo0.5-5En86-98, and augite Fs2-11Wo28-33En60-65. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB99 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||