NWA 6947 H5 Meteorite
Location: Northwest Africa
Find / Fall: Find 2011
Classification: Chondrite H5
Total Known Weight: 115.8 kg
NWA 6947 is a high metal H5 chondrite. The total know weight of 115 kg of the meteorite was recovered as more than 300 pieces. NWA 6947 has a S2 shock stage and a W2 weathering stage.
No place of find is listed officially, a piece was purchased in 2011 in Agadir, Morocco and submitted for classification. NWA 6947 has fairly abundant altered kamacite and small chondrules are scattered within a largely recrystallized matrix.
NWA 6947 Meteorite Information