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Northwest Africa 5886

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 5886
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5886
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 11 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	EL6
Recommended:			EL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 136 approved meteorites classified as EL6. [show all]
Search for other: EL chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 4-7), and Enstatite-rich meteorites

Comments:

Approved 26 Sep 2017

Writeup

Writeup from MB 106:

Northwest Africa 5886 (NWA 5886)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2008

Classification: Enstatite chondrite (EL6)

History: The meteorite was bought in 2008 from a Moroccan meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Light brownish individual lacking any fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite displays a fine-grained, recrystallized texture of predominantly enstatite. Minor phases include daubreelite, troilite, and albitic feldspar; it contains about 1 wt.% Si in the FeNi metal.

Geochemistry: albitic feldspar: An_15.3Ab_80.9Or_3.8(N=12); Si in FeNi-metal is about 1 wt.% (N=3)

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud, Morocco
Date:	P 2008
Mass (g):	11
Pieces:	1
Class:	EL6
Shock stage:	low
Weathering grade:	high
Ferrosilite (mol%):	0.1±0.1 (n=15)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5±0.1 (n=15)
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	2.2
Type spec location:	MNB
Main mass:	Fabien Kuntz
Comments:	Submitted by Ansgar Greshake

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)

Catalogs:

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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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Mike Markowitz
Ryan Upchurch
Wojciech Moscinski

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9921 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1838 unapproved names)

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