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Northwest Africa 5652 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 5652 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 5652 Observed fall: No Year found: 2008 Country: Morocco Mass: 365 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite-olivine. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 28 Aug 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 5652 (NWA 5652) Morocco Found: 2008 Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite, olivine) Petrography: (T. Bunch, NAU) Light brown, olivine-rich diogenite. Mineral modes (vol%): orthopyroxene 51, olivine 36, FeS 6, chromite 4, apatite 3. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1271: |
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Institutions and collections |
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12
Knoles Dr
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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