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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6574 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6574 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  647 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 44 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite-pm. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 6 Sep 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
Northwest Africa 6574 (NWA 6574) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2010 Dec Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite, polymict) Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Fragmental breccia containing lithic clasts of several different olivine-bearing diogenites and sparse (<10 vol. %) basaltic eucrites with related mineral debris and altered metal. The primary metal has been extensively weathered to produce veinlets of iron hydroxides that crosscut the specimen and cause it to break apart in fragments. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 7552 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1969 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||