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Northwest Africa 6179 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6179 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6179 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: Morocco Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites classified as LL6-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 21 Feb 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1299: |
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Institutions and collections |
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12
Knoles Dr
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012) AHabibi: Palms Hotel Club, Erfoud 52200, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010) |
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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 1932 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 27 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) |