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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6730 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6730 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 569 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 5 Nov 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 6730 (NWA 6730) Northwest Africa Purchased: 2010 May Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: Two small stones were purchased in Tucson in May 2010. Physical characteristics: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) two partially fusion crusted stones of totally 51.0 g. Magnetic susceptibility log χ=3.15 (χ in m3/kg × 10-9). Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Monomict breccia of euhedral to subhedral pyroxene and plagioclase (<2 mm) in a finer grained matrix. Accessory minerals are ilmenite, kamacite, troilite, and silica. Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, and P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Ca-poor pyroxene Fs61.8-63.8Wo1.4-3.6, Ca-rich pyroxene Fs29.1-60.1Wo5.1-41.7, olivine Fa75.1, feldspar An77.1-91.3Or0.3-2.5. Kamacite Ni <0.1, Co=0.9, ilmenite, troilite, and silica (wt%). Classification: Cumulate eucrite (very fresh). Specimens: Type specimen, 10.4 g, Kiel; 5 g Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1502: |
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Institutions and collections |
Hamb: Mineralogisches Museum, Universität of Hamburg, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Feb 2013) Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013) Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |