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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6995 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6995 Observed fall: No Year found: 2005 Country: Morocco Mass:  17.4 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 389 approved meteorites classified as LL4. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 28 Nov 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 6995 (NWA 6995) Morocco Found: 2005 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4) Petrography: The meteorite is a breccia, which contains about 20 vol.% angular dark chondritic clasts ranging in size from 2 to 6 mm. The clasts are dark because they contain numerous, dispersed 2-5-µm opaque grains (mainly sulfide, but also including minor chromite and accessory metallic Fe-Ni). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1565: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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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 1973 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||