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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6725 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6725 Observed fall: No Year found: 2011 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 625 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 31 Jan 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 6725 (NWA 6725) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: Jan 2011 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2) Petrography: Small chondrules and mineral fragments set within a black to dark red-brown matrix consisting mainly of intergrown cronstedtite+tochilinite with pentlandite, kamacite, and troilite. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa0.3-70.0; Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine is ~0.45 wt.%), orthopyroxene Fs1.1-11.4Wo2.6-1.0, clinopyroxene Fs1.1-1.7Wo39.2-35.4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1499: |
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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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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9368 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1875 unapproved names) |