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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6509 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6509 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: Morocco Mass:  106.6 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites classified as LL3.6. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 31 May 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 6509 (NWA 6509) Morocco Purchased: 31 Oct 2010 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3.6) Petrography: Chondrules average ~700 μm in apparent diameter. Chondrule glass absent. Low-Ca pyroxene exhibits polysynthetic twins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1404: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) JUtas: Jason Utas, United States (private address; updated 8 Jun 2010) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1991 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||