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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6423 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6423 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  2.01 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 481 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 28 Jul 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 101:
Northwest Africa 6423 (NWA 6423) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2010 Sep Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) Petrography: Distributed, fairly small amoeboid, granular and some porphyritic chondrules and sparse fine grained CAI in a deep brown, very fine grained matrix (probably diamond and graphite bearing, judging from cutting difficulties and the dark color of cutting coolant water). Some chondrules have reduced rims of almost pure forsterite or enstatite. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB101 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9921 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1838 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||