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Northwest Africa 5805
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5805
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5805
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1880 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  Diogenite, polymict
Recommended:  Diogenite-pm    [explanation]

This is 1 of 60 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite-pm.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 3 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 271:
Date:February 2007
Mass (g):1880
Pieces:1
Class:Diogenite, polymict
Fayalite (mol%):30.6-61.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.94
Magnetic suscept.:2.94
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):20.0
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Haiderer
Comments:An93-95Or<0.1; kamacite Ni 2.4-5.3, Co 0.7-1.0
Institutions
   and collections		 Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Haiderer: Erich Haiderer Laboratory, P.O. Box 88, A-1140 Vienna, Austria (private address; updated 7 Jan 2015)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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