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Northwest Africa 5380
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5380
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5380
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 337 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 12 Feb 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 5380 (NWA 5380)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2008

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a local meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Dark grayish rock partly covered with fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite shows a dark brownish interior and displays a chondritic texture with well outlined, mostly rounded and separated chondrules (apparent mean diameter about 0.7 mm) in a fine-grained matrix with sulfides and altered metal.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2008
Mass (g):337
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):12.2±10.6 (0.4-32.3, n=25)
Ferrosilite (mol%):11.1±7.3 (2.7-19.1, n=21)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2±1.4 (0.2-4.2, n=21)
Magnetic suscept.:4.36
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):21.6
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Stefan Ralew
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Ralew: Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin, Germany; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Chabot N. L., D’Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Komatsu M. and Miao B. (2023) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 111. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58, 901–904. ?
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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