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Northwest Africa 5150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 5150 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 5150 Observed fall: No Year found: 2007 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 2.51 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites classified as H7. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 4 Jul 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 5150 (NWA 5150) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2007 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H7) History: Purchased by Terry Boswell in 2007 from a Moroccan dealer. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU; T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU) The specimen has a triple grain junction texture and is completely devoid of chondrules. Accessory phases include abundant altered kamacite, troilite and rare chromite. Thin cross-cutting veinlets of secondary goethite are present. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa18.7±0.4, range Fa18.4-19.1, N = 9), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs16.4±0.2Wo3.7±0.4, range Fs16.2-16.7Wo3.2-4.0, N = 4). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H7). Specimens: 26.3 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with Mr. T. Boswell. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12
Knoles Dr
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012) PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) BrownU: Joseph Boesenberg Brown University Dept of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) 324 Brook Street Providence, RI 02912 , United States (institutional address; updated 4 Jan 2024) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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