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Northwest Africa 6673 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6673 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6673 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 99.8 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 81 approved meteorites classified as Pallasite. [show all] Search for other: Metal-rich meteorites, Pallasites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 31 Jan 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 6673 (NWA 6673) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: Sept 2010 Classification: Pallasite Petrography: Nearly all primary metal has been weathered to iron hydroxides, but olivine grains (Fe/Mn=44-46) are unaltered. There are tiny inclusions of kamacite and troilite within olivine, but no chromite was observed. Fresh schreibersite is present as large grains within the iron hydroxide matrix. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1469: |
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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) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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