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Northwest Africa 6932
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6932
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6932
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 32 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  Iron, ungrouped 
Recommended:  Iron, ungrouped    [explanation]

This is 1 of 150 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, ungrouped.   [show all]
Search for other: Iron meteorites, Metal-rich meteorites, and Ungrouped irons
Comments: Approved 3 Oct 2011
Revised 28 Oct 2011: Fixed composition in writeup
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Writeup from MB 100:

Northwest Africa 6932 (NWA 6932)

(Northwest Africa)

Found: 2008

Classification: Iron meteorite (ungrouped)

History: Reportedly found in the Algerian Desert

Petrography: Plessitic octahedrite with isolated (<5% of area) sparks and spindles of kamacite; longest bands are ~8 mm long and 0.2 mm wide. The material may be reheated; the fine plessite has a granular appearance and there are small dark ellipses that may reflect resorption of phosphide. No heat altered rim was recognized. Stucture Opl.

Geochemistry: Composition: 6.84 mg/g Co, 122.7 mg/g Ni, 9.45 μg/g Ga, 102 μg/g Ge, 6.45 μg/g As, 7.87 μg/g Ir, and 0.78 μg/g Au. The meteorite has no close compositional relatives. For example, in the Co range from 6.2 to 7.5 mg/g, no ungrouped iron has a Au content within 20% and only Guin and Laurens County have Ir contents within 20% of that in this iron, but these irons differ in several other compositional respects.

Specimens: Type specimen, 318.7 g, UCLA; main mass DPitt.

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1547:
Place of purchase:Rissani, Morocco
Date:2008
Mass (g):32000
Pieces:1
Class:Iron, ungrouped
Weathering grade:minor
Classifier:J.T. Wasson, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):318.7
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:DPitt
Comments:Submitted by J. T. Wasson
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)
DPitt: Darryl Pitt, 225 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024, United States; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9344 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1872 unapproved names)

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