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Northwest Africa 5310
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5310
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5310
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 25 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  CR2
Recommended:  CR2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 186 approved meteorites classified as CR2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), and CR chondrites
Comments: Approved 23 Dec 2008
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 2
  Line 108:
Place of purchase:Casablanca
Date:2006
Mass (g):25
Pieces:1
Class:CR2
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):1.8-5.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.0-3.9
Wollastonite (mol%):0.5
Classifier:T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU
Type spec mass (g):5.15
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:location not given
Comments:Cpx = Fs4.0Wo37.6; plag = An91
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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9116 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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