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Northwest Africa 5797

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 5797
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5797
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 495 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 97	(2010)	CM2
Recommended:			CM2 [explanation]

This is 1 of 625 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites

Comments:

Approved 6 Nov 2009

Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 267:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud, Morocco
Date:	2009
Mass (g):	495
Pieces:	1
Class:	CM2
Fayalite (mol%):	0.5-62.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1.4 ± 0.3
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.1 ± 1.9
Classifier:	Chaumard and B. Devouard, UBP
Type spec mass (g):	20.156
Type spec location:	MNHNP
Main mass:	Ralew

Institutions
and collections

MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Ralew: Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin, Germany; Website (private address)
UBP: Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France (institutional address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Auricular
Dirk Hohmann
Mark Vornhusen
Mirko Graul

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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