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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6671 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6671 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 391 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 31 Jan 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 6671 (NWA 6671) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2010 Dec Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, polymict) Petrography: Fresh specimen composed of small clasts and debris from basaltic eucrites, with some large dark clasts of a pyroxene vitrophyric lithology. Minerals include pigeonite, subcalcic augite, calcic plagioclase, ilmenite, troilite and silica polymorph. No metal was found. Geochemistry: Pigeonite Fs58.4-60.9Wo6.5-4.3 (FeO/MnO = 34-35), subcalcic augite Fs41.8-44.7Wo25.6-24.9 (FeO/MnO = 34-36). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1467: |
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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) |