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Northwest Africa 5467
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5467
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5467
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 229 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 481 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 12 Feb 2009
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 2
  Line 123:
Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:Jun-06
Mass (g):229
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):0.2-42.2 (6.2±7.1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.5-7.2 (2.5±2.1)
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):40
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:Hmani
Comments:Magnetite, mean wt% Cr2O3= 0.26, MgO = 0.2; estimated subtype: <3.5. Oxygen isotopes of one acid-washed 1.5 mg bulk sample (C. Suavet,J. Gattacceca, CEREGE )?17O = ?7.19‰,?18O = ?3.48‰, ?17O = ?5.37‰.
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Hmani: A. Hmani Moroccan Imports, 13 rue Jules Hardouin Mansart, 92600 Asnières, France (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2163 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 32 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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