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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6820 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6820 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: Morocco Mass:  20.6 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 23 Jun 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 6820 (NWA 6820) Morocco Purchased: 2010 Classification: Ureilite Petrography (P. Warren, UCLA) Mode is dominated by subequal proportions of olivine and pigeonite. The texture is typically ureilitic, with anhedral-equant 1-2 mm grains. Olivine rims contain abundant submicrometer-sized metals. Geochemistry: Olivine cores are Fo79.7; rims zone to at least Fo97. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1512: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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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 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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