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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6933 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6933 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  835 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 603 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 14 Nov 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
Northwest Africa 6933 (NWA 6933) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2010 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) Petrography: (K. Metzler, IfP) Coarse-grained eucritic clasts with ophitic to subophitic textures and mineral fragments (pyroxene, plagioclase, silica polymorph) set in a dark gray matrix. The matrix represents a crystallized melt with subophitic texture consisting of pyroxene and skeletal plagioclase crystals. Lithic clasts and mineral fragments are strongly recrystallized. Some pyroxene fragments contain Fe-rich olivine veins. Accessories are ilmenite, troilite, and metal (mostly oxidized). Calcite veins occur. Geochemistry: Plagioclase compositions: An 89.1±2.0 (85-93; n=15). Olivine veins: Fa75. Classification: Eucritic melt rock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012) Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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