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Northwest Africa 6539
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6539
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6539
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 29 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 470 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 16 May 2012
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Northwest Africa 6539 (NWA 6539)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2009

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

Petrography: Large abundant chondrules and fewer large CAIs set in a fine-grained matrix. Chondrules appear brownish or reddish..

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1414:
Place of purchase:Munich, Germany
Date:P 2009
Mass (g):29
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):12.0 (1.1-35.4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.1 (0.7-1.6)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):8.8
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:H. Stehlik
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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