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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 5035 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 5035 Observed fall: No Year found: 2007 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 49.7 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 34 approved meteorites classified as R3-6. [show all] Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 20 Dec 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 5035 (NWA 5035) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2007 Classification: Rumuruti chondrite (R3-6) History: The meteorite was purchased from a local meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Physical characteristics: Dark grayish rock without fusion crust. Petrography: Breccia composed of up to 8 mm sized mostly angular type 6 and black impact melt clasts in abundant type 3 host lithology. Dominant mineral phases in type 6 clasts are ferroan olivine and sodic plagioclase. Compositionally unequilibrated olivine and low-Ca pyroxene are most abundant in matrix chondrules (mean diameter about 500 µm) and among mineral fragments. In the matrix sodic plagioclase occurs mostly as small isolated grains. Opaque phases are pentlandite, pyrrhotite, and rare Ti-bearing chromite; metal is absent. Geochemistry: type 3 lithology: olivine: Fa24.1±14.2 (Fa4.2-42.8, n=16); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs18.6±5.5Wo0.8±0.8 (Fs10.7-25.3Wo0.4-3.2, n=11); type 6 lithology: olivine: Fa37.5±0.4 (FeO/MnO=79±7, n=10); Ca-pyroxene: Fs11.2±1.6Wo43.7±3.2, (Fs9.3-13.6Wo39.0-46.8, n=10); feldspar: An11.7-20.6Ab77.7-86.2Or1.7-2.4, n=8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) |
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References: | Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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