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Northwest Africa 5339
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5339
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5339
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 30.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  CK5
Recommended:  CK5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 217 approved meteorites classified as CK5.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 2 Jan 2014
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2007
Mass (g):30.3
Pieces:1
Class:CK5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):30.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):26
Wollastonite (mol%):1
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):6.6
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Hanno Strufe
Comments:Dark greenish interior with recrystallized matrix, few chondrules, and rare CAIs. Olivine is equilibrated to Fa30.3 (range 29.1-30.7); subordinate orthopyroxene has Fs26Wo1; plagioclase occurs as patches throughout the meteorite. Metal is rare and magnetite is Cr rich.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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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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