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Northwest Africa 6351

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 6351
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6351
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 1123 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	Diogenite-olivine
Recommended:			Diogenite-olivine [explanation]

This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite-olivine. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Approved 19 Sep 2011

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1360:

Origin or pseudonym:	Northwest Africa
Place of purchase:	Erfoud
Date:	P 2010 Aug
Mass (g):	1123
Pieces:	6
Class:	Diogenite-olivine
Weathering grade:	very low
Fayalite (mol%):	26.4-33.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	64.0-65.0
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.7
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	20.7
Type spec location:	UWS
Main mass:	S. Ralew
Comments:	SR10-11; paired with NWA 5480; 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)
Ralew: Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin, Germany; Website (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)

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Photos:

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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