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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6369 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6369 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: Algeria Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IAB complex. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 30 May 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 6369 (NWA 6369) Algeria Found: 2008 Classification: Iron meteorite (IAB complex) History: Complete individual found in Algeria in 2008 and purchased by anonymous collector in Saint Marie, France, in 2009. Physical characteristics: Surface is dark brown with developed abrasion relief, polyhedral shape, 14830 g. Petrography: (S. N. Teplyakova, Vernad) Composed of 80 vol% metal and 20 vol% silicates. Metal consists of polygonal grains of kamacite to 1.5 cm with rare taenite lamellae, spheroidized plessite, shreibersite, troilite and graphite. The silicate inclusions consist of of olivine, pyroxene, minor plagioclase, chromite, graphite, kamacite, taenite and troilite. Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: (S. E. Borisovsky, IGEM, EMP) Kamacite (Ni 6.5 wt.%, Co 0.46-0.54 wt.%, P 0.03-0.06 wt.%); Olivine Fa4.9 (Fe/Mn=7-12), pyroxene Fs7.2Wo? (Fe/Mn=7-12), augite En51Wo45.1, plagioclase Ab80.7An15.7, chromite Cr/(Cr+Al) = 97.3 (MnO 2.67, V2O3 0.69, ZnO 1.66). Kamacite microelement composition (M. Humayun, FSU, LA-ICP-MS, ppm): Ga 79, Ge 342, Ru 5.75, Rh - 1.27, Pd 2.8, W 0.92, Re 0.35, Os 4.7, Ir 3.9, Pt 6.44, Au 1.23, As 10.8. Silicates oxygen isotopes composition (I. Franchi, OU, Laser fluorination): δ17O=2.35, δ18O=5.39, Δ17O=-0.45 (per mil). Classification: Iron (IAB-xomplex, coarsest octahedrite). Specimens: A total of 77.78 g and polished section are on deposit at Vernad. The anonymous collector holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1365: |
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Plots: | O isotopes: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutions and collections |
OU: Planetary and Space Sciences
Department of Physical Sciences
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011) Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016) FSU: Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306-4100, United States (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2010) IGEM: Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetny Per., 35, Moscow, 119017 , Russia (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2010) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1277 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 29 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) |