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Northwest Africa 6735

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 6735
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6735
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 44 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 101	(2012)	L/LL4
Recommended:			L/LL4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites classified as L/LL4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 4-7), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 12 Aug 2012

Writeup

Writeup from MB 101:

Northwest Africa 6735 (NWA 6735)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2010 Apr

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L/LL4)

Geochemistry: Breccia. Fs₁₉Wo₁₂, An₁₀Or_2.Chromite Al₂O₃ = 5.2-5.8, TiO₂ = 1.8-3.0, MgO = 2.4-2.9; kamacite Ni=5.5, Co=3.2 (wt%).

Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:	ebay
Date:	P 2010 Apr
Mass (g):	44.0
Pieces:	1
Class:	L/LL4
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	26.4 (25.6-27.8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	22.5 (21.1-30.6)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.2-2.2
Magnetic suscept.:	3.73
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz, Bart; P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):	8.8
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Bart
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	Submitted by Bartoschewitz

Institutions
and collections

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)

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 7752 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1971 unapproved names)

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