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Northwest Africa 5719
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5719
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5719
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 392 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  Eucrite
Recommended:  Eucrite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 598 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 28 Aug 2011
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Writeup from MB 100:

Northwest Africa 5719 (NWA 5719)

Morocco

Found: 2008

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)

Petrography: (T. Bunch, NAU) Fine-grained (<0.5 mm) monomict breccia, cumulate texture.

Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene, Fs62.7Wo3.2; exsolved augite, Fs25.8Wo43.7; plagioclase, An89.5; chromite cr# = 83.

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1272:
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:2008
Mass (g):392
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:low
Ferrosilite (mol%):56.2; 32.1
Wollastonite (mol%):8.0; 40.5
Classifier:T. Bunch, NAU
Type spec mass (g):21.1
Type spec location:NAU
Main mass:Aaronson
Comments:cumulate breccia; submitted by Bunch
Institutions
   and collections
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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