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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 5505 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 5505 Observed fall: No Year found: 2008 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 639 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 4 Mar 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 5505 (NWA 5505) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2008 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3) History: The meteorite was bought in 2008 from a meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Physical characteristics: Light brownish individual lacking any fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite exhibits a chondritic texture of abundant small chondrules, CAIs, and mineral fragments set into a fine-grained matrix. Chondrules are dominantly porphyritic type I and typically 0.1-0.2 mm in diameter. Contains sulfides and FeNi metal in matrix and chondrules. Several calcite-filled cracks were detected. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 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 Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) |