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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6288 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6288 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 272 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 19 Sep 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 6288 (NWA 6288) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2010 Jun Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict) Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS): Fresh breccia (probably monomict) composed of clasts and mineral fragments from cumulate eucrite material. Geochemistry: Pigeonite (Fs30.2-58.6Wo7.3-6.5; FeO/MnO = 32.2-33.4). clinopyroxene (Fs26.7-28.9Wo42.8-42.0; FeO/MnO = 31.0-30.3), calcic plagioclase, silica polymorph, chromite, ilmenite, troilite and rare metal (with slight secondary staining). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1329: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) |
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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 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |