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Northwest Africa 6953
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6953
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6953
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 4.16 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  Mesosiderite
Recommended:  Mesosiderite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 273 approved meteorites classified as Mesosiderite.   [show all]
Search for other: Mesosiderites, Metal-rich meteorites
Comments: Approved 23 Apr 2012
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Northwest Africa 6953 (NWA 6953)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: Sept 2011

Classification: Mesosiderite

Petrography: The primary metal in this specimen (originally ~30-40 vol.%) has been almost entirely altered by terrestrial weathering, with minor amounts of remnant kamacite and taenite. The other constituent minerals are orthopyroxene, very calcic plagioclase, and troilite.

Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene (Fs24.9Wo2.5, Fs31.8Wo3.3, Fe/Mn=30), olivine (Fa37.6-37.9, Fe/Mn=46-47).

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1554:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P Sept 2011
Mass (g):4160
Pieces:many
Class:Mesosiderite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):37.6-37.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.9; 31.8
Wollastonite (mol%):2.5; 3.3
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):118
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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Aeroliths Collection Theodossiou         
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Michael S. Scherman   
Mike Markowitz   
Nuno Chaves         
Rene Schmit   
The Wilcox Collection of Meteorites   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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