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Northwest Africa 5240
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5240
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5240
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 870 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 619 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 23 Jul 2016
Data from:
  MB105
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Place of purchase:Munich, Germany
Date:P 2007
Mass (g):870
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:moderate
Fayalite (mol%):8.1±9.4 (0.5-27.8, n=30)
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.8±0.9 (0.7-5.6, n=33)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.9±0.5 (0.6-3.3, n=33)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):22
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Marc Jost
Comments:Well defined chondrules, CAIs and olivine amoeboids in fine-grained black matrix. Chondrules are type I up to 5 mm. Some brownish staining due to terrestrial alteration.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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