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Northwest Africa 6353
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6353
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6353
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 168.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  CK5
Recommended:  CK5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 181 approved meteorites classified as CK5.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 19 Sep 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1362:
Origin or pseudonym:Northwest Africa
Place of purchase:Agadir
Date:P 2010 Jul
Mass (g):168.3
Pieces:1
Class:CK5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):25.8-25.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.7-23.5; 11.3
Wollastonite (mol%):6.0-0.7; 48.9
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:TWebb
Comments:Metal absent; plag An42.0Or1.8-2.7. Contains Cr-bearing magnetite.; submitted by A. Irving
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)
TWebb: No contact information provided., United States (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 7859 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1961 unapproved names)

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