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Northwest Africa 5916
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5916
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5916
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 290 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 12 Feb 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 5916 (NWA 5916)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2009

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a local meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Light brownish rock almost completely covered with fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite is a LL6 breccia with some shock melt veins. The plagioclase grain size is about 70 µm.

Data from:
  MB111
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Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2009
Mass (g):290.1
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):29.2±0.1 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.7±0.1 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6±0.1 (n=5)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):25.4
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Hanno Strufe
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Chabot N. L., D’Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Komatsu M. and Miao B. (2023) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 111. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58, 901–904. ?
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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