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Northwest Africa 5719 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 5719 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 5719 Observed fall: No Year found: 2008 Country: Morocco Mass: 392 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
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: |
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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) Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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