Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 6090

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Northwest Africa 6090

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 6090
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6090
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 95 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 101	(2012)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6426 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 6 Dec 2012

Data from:
  MB101
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Place of purchase:	Munich, Germany
Date:	P 2007
Mass (g):	95
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	18.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	13.0
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.0
Classifier:	M.A. Ivanova, Vernad; J. Popova, MSU
Type spec mass (g):	22.1
Type spec location:	Vernad.
Main mass:	Harald Stehlik
Comments:	Submitted by C.A. Lorenz

Institutions
and collections

Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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