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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6863 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6863 Observed fall: No Year found: 2011 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 619 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 29 Nov 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 6863 (NWA 6863) Northwest Africa Purchased: Feb 2011 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) Petrography: Granular chondrules (some with dust rims; composed mainly of olivine, orthopyroxene and augite) plus amoeboid, fine-grained CAI in a dark, fine-grained matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa0.4-57.8, orthopyroxene Fs0.6-32.7Wo0.9-0.2, augite Fs0.7-1.0Wo45.5-42.8. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1518: |
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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 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) |