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Northwest Africa 6427
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6427
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6427
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 169 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  CR2
Recommended:  CR2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 187 approved meteorites classified as CR2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), and CR chondrites
Comments: Approved 18 Jan 2011
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Tucson, AZ, USA
Date:P Feb 2010
Mass (g):169
Pieces:1
Class:CR2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):12.2 (0.7-25.7, n=8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):5.2 (0.7-15, n=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):5.0 (0.1-41.4, n=12)
Classifier:Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy (SI)
Type spec mass (g):20.2, (17.3 g after thin section prep)
Type spec location:SI
Main mass:Bob Evans
Comments:One single stone totally devoid of any fusion crust; submitted by Cari Corrigan and Tim McCoy
Institutions
   and collections		 SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1991 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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