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Northwest Africa 5384
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5384
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5384
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 331 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  Brachinite
Recommended:  Brachinite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 59 approved meteorites classified as Brachinite.   [show all]
Search for other: Brachinites, Primitive achondrites
Comments: Approved 11 Oct 2019
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Northwest Africa 5384 (NWA 5384)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2007

Classification: Primitive achondrite (Brachinite)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a Morrocan meteorite dealer on the meteorite fair in Biel, Switzerland.

Physical characteristics: Brownish fragment without fusion crust.

Petrography: The achondrite shows a protogranular texture of dominantly olivine with subordinate orthopyroxene and augite. The silicates are compositionally equilibrated and sometimes show 120 degree triple junctions. Minor phases include chromite, kamacite, and FeS. No feldspar was observed.

Geochemistry: olivine: Fa33.3±0.2, FeO/MnO=66±3, n=15; low-Ca pyroxene: Fs28.9±1.0Wo2.8±0.5, FeO/MnO=48±4, Cr2O3 = 0.72 wt%, Al2O3 = 1.02 wt%, n=11; Ca-pyroxene: Fs9.7±0.1Wo46.7±0.3, FeO/MnO=39±7, n=20

Classification: Brachinite; likely paired with NWA 5400 group members

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Biel, Switzerland
Date:P 2007
Mass (g):331
Pieces:1
Class:Brachinite
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):33.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):28.9; 9.7
Wollastonite (mol%):2.8; 46.7
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):22.2
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Marc Jost
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
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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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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     This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)
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