NWA 6848 (3,780 g)
This is the only approved meteorite classified as R5-6
Northwest Africa 6848 (NWA 6848)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: 2011
Classification: R5-6
History: The meteorite was purchased in 2011 from a local meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco.
Physical characteristics: Many small fragments partly to completely covered with fusion crust
Petrography: The meteorite is a breccia with up to 6 mm sized light coloured lithic fragments of petrological type 5 set into a fine-grained clastic groundmass of type 6. Ferroan olivine is the dominant mineral phase in clasts and matrix. Minor phases include albitic feldspar, low-Ca pyroxene, chromite, pentlandite and pyrrhotite. FeNi metal is virtually absent.
Place of purchase: | Erfoud, Morocco |
Date: | P 2011 |
Mass (g): | 390 |
Pieces: | many |
Class: | R5-6 |
Shock stage: | S4 |
Weathering grade: | W1 |
Fayalite (mol%): | 38.1±0.2 (n=14) |
Ferrosilite (mol%): | 28.9±0.4 (n=12) |
Wollastonite (mol%): | 1.6±0.2 (n=12) |
Classifier: | A. Greshake, MNB |
Type spec mass (g): | 21.8 |
Type spec location: | MNB |
Main mass: | Hanno Strufe |
Comments: | Submitted by Ansgar Greshake |
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