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Northwest Africa 5588 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 5588 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 5588 Observed fall: No Year found: 2008 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 318 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 3 Dec 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 103:
Northwest Africa 5588 (NWA 5588) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2008 Classification: Ureilite Petrography: The meteorite displays a typical cumulate texture of 0.5 to 1 mm olivine and orthopyroxene grains. Olivine shows characteristic reduced rims. Carbon is present as graphite. Geochemistry: Reduced olivine rims: Fa2.3-10.8; Cr2O3 in olivine: about 0.6 wt% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB103 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. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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