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Northwest Africa 6568 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6568 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6568 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 58 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 6 Sep 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
Northwest Africa 6568 (NWA 6568) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2010 Dec Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict) Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Monomict feldspathic cumulate eucritic clasts plus related crystal debris (calcic plagioclase, exsolved pigeonite, silica, chromite, troilite, and Ni-poor kamacite). The specimen is cross-cut predominantly in one direction by veinlets of iron hydroxide produced by terrestrial weathering of primary metal. Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene host Fs42.0-43.4Wo2.8-3.0, clinopyroxene lamellae Fs18.9-19.8Wo41.3-41.4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB102 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) UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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