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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6025 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6025 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 602 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 15 Dec 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 108:
Northwest Africa 6025 (NWA 6025) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2009 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a local meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Physical characteristics: Eight brownish fragments without fusion crust. Petrography: Chondrite composed of up to 3 mm sized chondrules (mean diameter about 1 mm), up to 2 mm sized CAIs, and olivine amoeboids all set into a fine-grained brownish to black matrix. Type II chondrules are absent. Several chondrules show reddish staining due to terrestrial alteration. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) Ralew: Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin, Germany; Website (private address) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |