Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 6684

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Northwest Africa 6684

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 6684
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6684
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 39 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	H3-6
Recommended:			H3-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 76 approved meteorites classified as H3-6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 16 Dec 2011

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1480:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud
Date:	P 2010
Mass (g):	39
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3-6
Shock stage:	S1-S3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	18 (9-25)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	19
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6
Classifier:	V. Moggi Cecchi, G. Pratesi, S. Caporali, MSP
Type spec mass (g):	8
Type spec location:	MSP
Main mass:	Unknown
Comments:	Olivine mean in H6 portion=Fa20; Olivine PMD in H3 portion=30; submitted by Vanni Moggi Cecchi

Institutions
and collections

MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Oct 2022)

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 9116 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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