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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6108 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6108 Observed fall: No Year found: 2004 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 46 approved meteorites classified as L-melt rock. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 1 Feb 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 102:
Northwest Africa 6108 (NWA 6108) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2004 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L, melt rock) History: Many fragments of one broken stone were collected in a small area. Petrography: The meteorite is medium-grained melt breccia, consisting of 100-500 µm clasts of minerals and chondrules, joined together by devitrified melt matrix. The modal abundance of clasts is ~75 vol%. The matrix is fine-grained assemblage of 5 µm grains of olivine, pyroxene and feldspar (or feldspatic glass). The matrix consists of numerous scattered inclusions of troilite and FeNi metal. Accessory phase is chromite. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016) Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (private address) |
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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 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |