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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6702 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6702 Observed fall: No Year found: 2011 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 624 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 6 Sep 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 102:
Northwest Africa 6702 (NWA 6702) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2011 Jan Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Distributed ovoid, dust-rimmed, granular and BO chondrules in a fine grained deep brown matrix. Sparse CAI (one fine grained example is composed of Al-Ti-clinopyroxene, spinel and minor grossular). Geochemistry: Olivine Fa0.7-10.6; orthopyroxene Fs2.5Wo1.2; Fs15.1Wo0.5; clinopyroxene Fs0.4Wo52.6, Fs0.8Wo42.6. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) GHupé: Gregory M. Hupé, 9003 Placid Lakes Blvd., Lake Placid, FL 33852, United States; Website (private address) |
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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 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names) |