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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6504 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6504 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  45 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 718 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 4 Oct 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 101:
Northwest Africa 6504 (NWA 6504) Morocco/Algeria Purchased: Feb 2009 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3) Petrography: The rock is less recrystallized and less equilibrated than H3.8 Dhajala. Many of the low-Ca pyroxene grains have polysnthetic twins. Chondrules lack clear transparent glass. Chondrules average about 400 μm in diameter. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB101 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) JUtas: Jason Utas, United States (private address; updated 8 Jun 2010) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 7655 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1972 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||