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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6975 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6975 Observed fall: No Year found: 2011 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 226 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 237 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-br. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 10 Mar 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Northwest Africa 6975 (NWA 6975) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2011 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated) History: The meteorite was purchased in 2011 from a local meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Physical characteristics: Greyish individual partly covered with fusion crust. Petrography: Fragmental breccia composed of up to 2 cm sized basaltic and impact melt clasts set into a fine-grained clastic matrix. Basaltic clasts and matrix are dominantly composed of exsolved pyroxene and often lath-shaped calcic plagioclase grains ranging from 20 to 500 µm. Minor phases include chromite, ilmenite, silica, and FeS. No metallic iron has been detected. Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs59.7±1.3Wo5.2±1.2 (Fs57.6-63.0Wo1.8-6.5, n=12, FeO/MnO=26-30); Ca-pyroxene: Fs29.6±0.8Wo41.6±0.9 (Fs28.3-31.1Wo39.6-42.9, n=20, FeO/MnO=25-32); calcic plagioclase: An89.2±4.8 (An81.8-94.2, n=20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) Ralew: Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin, Germany; Website (private address) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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