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Northwest Africa 6447
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6447
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6447
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 147 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  CO3.1
Recommended:  CO3.1    [explanation]

This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites classified as CO3.1.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Comments: Approved 27 Apr 2012
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Writeup from MB 100:

Northwest Africa 6447 (NWA 6447)

Morocco

Found: 2010

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3.1)

Petrography: Abundance of chondrules and metal-rich chondrule-like objects (highly irregular in shape), low abundance of CAIs and AOAs, Component modes in vol %: chondrule-like objects, 38; chondrules, 28; matrix, 30; CAIs and AOAs, 4.

Geochemistry: Olivine, Fa35.5±34, Cr2O3 (wt %) 0.37±0.20, Fe/Mn=90 to 132 (N=18); orthopyroxene, Fs0.6-25.4 (N=8). Subtype per Grossman and Brearley, 2005.

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1383:
Place of purchase:Agadir
Date:2010
Mass (g):147
Pieces:1
Class:CO3.1
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):36.5±34
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.6 - 25.4
Wollastonite (mol%):0.3 - 1.5
Classifier:T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU
Type spec mass (g):23.68
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:F. Kuntz
Comments:Submitted by Bunch
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1973 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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