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Northwest Africa 5401
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5401
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5401
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 926 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 96  (2009)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 470 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 16 Apr 2009
Data from:
  MB96
  Table 2
  Line 42:
State/Prov/County:Ouarzazate
Date:Jun-2008
Mass (g):926
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):0.7-6.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.1; 0.5
Wollastonite (mol%):0.9; 54.8
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS
Type spec mass (g):20.0
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:GHupé
Comments:Melilite, spinel and cpx in CAI
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
GHupé: Gregory M. Hupé, 9003 Placid Lakes Blvd., Lake Placid, FL 33852, United States; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 96, MAPS 44, 1355-1397 (2009)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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