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Northwest Africa 6974
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6974
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6974
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 608 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  Eucrite-br
Recommended:  Eucrite-br    [explanation]

This is 1 of 243 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-br.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 10 Mar 2019
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Writeup from MB 108:

Northwest Africa 6974 (NWA 6974)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2011

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated)

History: The meteorite was purchased in 2011 from a local meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Four greyish individuals almost completely covered with fusion crust.

Petrography: Fragmental breccia composed of abundant up to 1.5 cm sized basaltic and impact melt clasts set into a fine-grained clastic matrix. Basaltic clasts and matrix are dominantly composed of exsolved pyroxene and often lath-shaped calcic plagioclase grains ranging from 20 to 300 µm. Minor phases include ilmenite, fayalite, silica, FeS, and metallic iron.

Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs49.4±15.2Wo2.6±0.9 (Fs22.0-62.4Wo1.7-5.1, n=30, FeO/MnO=25-33); Ca-pyroxene: Fs26.2±0.3Wo44.2±0.2 (Fs25.4-26.5Wo43.9-44.5, n=8, FeO/MnO=28-31); calcic plagioclase: An89.9±1.2 (An87.8-91.4, n=15)

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2011
Mass (g):608
Pieces:4
Class:Eucrite-br
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:moderate
Ferrosilite (mol%):49.4; 26.2
Wollastonite (mol%):2.6; 44.2
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Stefan Ralew
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Ralew: Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin, Germany; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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