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Northwest Africa 5484
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5484
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5484
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 328 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  Diogenite
Recommended:  Diogenite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 522 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 6 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 243:
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:September 2008
Mass (g):328
Pieces:1
Class:Diogenite
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.6
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2
Classifier:A. Irving, S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):21.7
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:Morgan
Comments:Oxygen isotopes (D. Rumble, CIW): d18O = 3.456, 3.365; d17O = 1.616, 1.552 per mil
Plots: O isotopes:  
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
CIW: Carnegie Insitution Washington, Geophysical Laboratory, 5251 Broad Branch Rd., NW, Washington DC 20015, United States (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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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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