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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 5915 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 5915 Observed fall: No Year found: 2008 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 78.9 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 595 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 17 Oct 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 5915 (NWA 5915) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2008 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: The meteorite was purchased from a local meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Physical characteristics: Grayish rock with some fusion crust. Petrography: Coarse-grained, unbrecciated basalt displaying an ophitic texture of up to 1 mm sized exsolved pyroxene and often lath-shaped calcic plagioclases. Minor phases are silica, chromite, ilmenite, and FeS. No metallic iron has been detected. The meteorite contains some shock melt veins. Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs57.4±0.8Wo4.4±1.0 (Fs56.7-59.2Wo3.4-5.9, FeO/MnO=25-34, n=9); Ca-pyroxene: Fs26.8±0.2Wo42.6±0.2 (Fs26.5-27.0Wo42.3-42.9, FeO/MnO=26-29, n=5); calcic plagioclase: An86.4±3.1 (An80.2-90.1, n=10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 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) |
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References: | Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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