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Northwest Africa 2600
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2600
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2600
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 407 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  E6
Recommended:  E6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites classified as E6.   [show all]
Search for other: Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 4-7), and Enstatite-rich meteorites
Comments: Approved 12 Sep 2012
Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Taouz
Date:P 2006 May
Mass (g):407
Pieces:1
Class:E6
Weathering grade:W5
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.12 (0.0-1.0; n=38)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.45 (1.4-1.6; n=38)
Magnetic suscept.:3.51-3.2
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, Bart; P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):20.1
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:anonymous
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Rare indistinct chondrules; plagioclase to 200 um, An15-18Or4-6; Kamacite Ni 5.3, Si 2.0; daubreelite Mn 2.2-3.5 (wt.%).; 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)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9111 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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