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Northwest Africa 6872 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6872 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6872 Observed fall: No Year found: 2004 Country: Morocco Mass: 29 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 79 approved meteorites classified as L6-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 18 Jul 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 6872 (NWA 6872) Morocco Purchased: 2004 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, melt breccia) Petrography: The rock contains ~40 vol.% melt which itself contains ~5 vol.% rounded chondrule fragments. The melt also contains metal-sulfide veins and rounded metal-sulfide assemblages. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1522: |
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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) Pringle: No contact information provided. (private address) |
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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 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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