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Northwest Africa 6343
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6343
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6343
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 64.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  Eucrite-pmict
Recommended:  Eucrite-pmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 391 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 28 Aug 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1353:
Origin or pseudonym:Northwest Africa
Place of purchase:St. Marie-aux-Mines, France
Date:P 2010 Jun
Mass (g):64.5
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite-pmict
Ferrosilite (mol%):61.2-62.8; 26.4-27.1
Wollastonite (mol%):2.3-1.2; 42.9-42.5
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):14
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:P. Marmet
Comments:PMMC-1006; submitted by A. Irving
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)
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 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names)

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