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Northwest Africa 6951

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 6951
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6951
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 1481 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8891 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 21 Feb 2012

Writeup

Writeup from MB 100:

Northwest Africa 6951 (NWA 6951)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: Jun 2010

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

Petrography: Sparse chondrules and chondrule remnants. Some metal is ragged in shape. Olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, chromite, troilite and altered kamacite. Secondary iron hydroxide veinlets crosscut the specimen.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_24.5±0.0), orthopyroxene (Fs_20.0-20.2Wo_1.8-1.5), clinopyroxene (Fs_7.1-8.5Wo_45.5-43.9).

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1552:

Place of purchase:	Taliouine
Date:	P Jun 2010
Mass (g):	1481
Pieces:	2
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	24.5±0.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.0-20.2
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.8-1.5
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	56
Type spec location:	UWS
Main mass:	J. Higgins
Comments:	Submitted by A. Irving

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)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Kenneth Alvarez Castillo
Mike Markowitz
Wojciech Moscinski

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)

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