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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 5391 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 5391 Observed fall: No Year found: 2008 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 647 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 16 Mar 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 5391 (NWA 5391) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2008 Classification: Ureilite History: The meteorite was bought in 2008 on a mineral fair in Bruegg, Switzerland. Petrography: The meteorite has a cumulate texture with blocky, up to 2 mm sized olivine and pigeonite crystals. Olivine displays reduced rims. The meteorite contains flaky graphite. Geochemistry: Reduced rims in olivine: Fa5.8-13.8; Cr2O3 in olivine: ~0.7 wt%. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9368 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1875 unapproved names) |