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Northwest Africa 6917 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6917 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6917 Observed fall: No Year found: 2011 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 488 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 595 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 29 Nov 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 6917 (NWA 6917) Northwest Africa Purchased: Apr 2011 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) Petrography: Clasts of ophitic-textured eucrite within a matrix of related debris (mostly exsolved pigeonite and calcic plagioclase). Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene host Fs58.5-61.5Wo5.0-4.3, FeO/MnO=30-31, augite exsolution lamellae Fs29.3-30.5Wo41.4-40.8, FeO/MnO=33-36. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1537: |
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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) SJS: Space Jewels Switzerland, 2555 Brügg, Switzerland (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010) |
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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 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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