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Northwest Africa 6858
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6858
     This is a PROVISIONAL name.
     It cannot be used in publications.
Abbreviation: NWA 6858
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 264 g
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Recommended:  Unknown    [explanation]

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Name: Northwest Africa 6858
Fieldname: GF 235
Origin/pseudonym:
Purchased: Morocco, Erfoud
Purchase or find date: 2010
Lat/long: ,
Mass: 264
Pieces: lot
Specimens: Main mass with Gary Fujihara, Hawaii, USA, Petrology by Ray Pickard, Bathur
Description: Chondrite CV3
Info: Petrology, Ray Pickard, Bathurst Observatory Research Facility
Name assigned to: Ray Pickard
Date assigned: 2011-06-02
Assigned by: Caroline Smith
References: Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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