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Northwest Africa 5733
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5733
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5733
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 15 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  CK4
Recommended:  CK4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 128 approved meteorites classified as CK4.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 6 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 247:
Origin or pseudonym:Talsint area, Morocco
Date:December 2008
Mass (g):15.03
Pieces:1
Class:CK4
Fayalite (mol%):33.5 ± 0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):10.8 ± 0.3
Wollastonite (mol%):46.1 ± 1.6
Classifier:Chaumard and B. Devouard, UBP
Type spec mass (g):3.11
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:PThomas
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
PThomas: Philippe Thomas, Meteoritica, La Chave, 07690 St André en Vivarais, France (private address)
UBP: Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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