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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6226 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6226 Observed fall: No Year found: 2008 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 353 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 14 Oct 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 6226 (NWA 6226) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2008 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3) History: Purchased in 2008 by Derick Bowers from a dealer in Midelt, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 1.1±0.7 mm) are set in a sparse finer-grained matrix containing altered metal. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa24.9-28.7, Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.01-0.03 wt.%, N = 6), orthopyroxene (Fs3.8-41.6Wo0.3-3.3, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs15.9-22.0Wo18.0-31.6, N =2). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). Specimens: 28 g at UWB; remainder with Mr. D. Bowers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Statistics: This is 1 of 7547 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1970 unapproved names) |