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Northwest Africa 6747
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6747
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6747
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 8.3 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  H~6
Recommended:  H~6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 69 approved meteorites classified as H~6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 5 Nov 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1509:
Date:P 2009
Mass (g):8300
Pieces:1
Class:H~6
Weathering grade:W3
Magnetic suscept.:4.84
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Arendt
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Chondrules to 2 mm in a recrystallized matrix; submitted by Bartoschewitz
Institutions
   and collections		 Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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