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  nwa 6591
(H4, S1, W3) Meteoritical Bulletin #99
 
 

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Northwest Africa 6591 (NWA 6591)
     Morocco
     Found: 2010
     Classification: H4

Place of purchase: Rissani
Date: P April 2010
Mass (g): 712
Pieces: 2
Class: H4
Shock stage: S1
Weathering grade: W3
Fayalite (mol%): 18.15 ± 0.26
Ferrosilite (mol%): 16.00 ± 0.48
Wollastonite (mol%): 1.29
Magnetic suscept.: 4.74
Classifier: J. Gattacceca
Type spec mass (g): 20.6
Type spec location: CEREGE
Main mass: P. Thomas
Comments: Single stone broken in two pieces. Identified by a specialist of lithic tools (H. de Lumley, MNHNP) as a tool of probable Neolithic age.; submitted by J. Gattacceca


 
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© P. Thomas
 
 

© P. Thomas
 
 

© P. Thomas
 
 

© P. Thomas
 
 

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