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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 5884 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 5884 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  615 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 647 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 26 Sep 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 5884 (NWA 5884) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2009 Classification: Ureilite History: The meteorite was bought in 2009 from a Moroccan meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Physical characteristics: Brownish individual lacking any fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a cumulate texture of coarse up to 1.5 mm sized Cr-rich olivine and pigeonite crystals. It contains flaky graphite; olivine displays characteristic reduced rims. Geochemistry: reduced rims in olivine: Fa5.8-8.5; Cr2O3 in ol: ~0.6 wt% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9368 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1875 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||