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Northwest Africa 6672

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 6672
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6672
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 99.6 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	Mesosiderite
Recommended:			Mesosiderite [explanation]

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Comments:

Approved 31 Jan 2012

Writeup

Writeup from MB 100:

Northwest Africa 6672 (NWA 6672)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: Sept 2010

Classification: Mesosiderite

Petrography: Primary metal has been extensively altered by terrestrial weathering. The specimen is composed mainly of zoned orthopyroxene, calcic plagioclase and altered kamacite, with minor olivine, taenite and troilite.

Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene Fs_24.6-34.1Wo_1.9-6.3(Fe/Mn=27-35), olivine Fa_12.9, Fa_30.8(Fe/Mn=52-53).

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1468:

Place of purchase:	Marrakech
Date:	P Sept 2010
Mass (g):	99.6
Pieces:	4
Class:	Mesosiderite
Shock stage:	low
Weathering grade:	moderate
Fayalite (mol%):	12.9, 30.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):	24.6-34.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.9-6.3
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	21.4
Type spec location:	UWS
Main mass:	B. Booz
Comments:	Submitted by A. Irving

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. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)

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Photos:

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

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

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

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