Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 6603

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Northwest Africa 6603

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 6603
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6603
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 481 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 101	(2012)	CV3
Recommended:			CV3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 605 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites

Comments:

Approved 29 Jul 2012

Writeup

Writeup from MB 101:

Northwest Africa 6603 (NWA 6603)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2006

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

Petrography: Chondrules and small CAIs set in a dark gray matrix. Opaques mostly magnetite; oxidized subgroup.

Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:

Place of purchase:	Morocco
Date:	P 2006
Mass (g):	481
Pieces:	1
Class:	CV3
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	5.5±3 (0-11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	2.5±2 (1-10)
Classifier:	K. Metzler, IfP
Type spec mass (g):	20
Type spec location:	IfP
Main mass:	A.+M. Hmani
Comments:	Submitted by K. Metzler

Institutions
and collections

IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Hmani: A. Hmani Moroccan Imports, 13 rue Jules Hardouin Mansart, 92600 Asnières, France (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Mirko Graul

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)

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