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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 5961 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 5961 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 274 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 1 Apr 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 5961 (NWA 5961) (Northwest Africa), Morocco Purchased: May 2009 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict) History: A stone found near Zag, Morocco, in May 2009 was purchased by Ali and Mohammed Hmani. Physical characteristics: A single, 259 g, orange-brown stone, partially covered with remnant dark-brown fusion crust. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS): Ophitic-textured assemblage of calcic plagioclase laths and exsolved pigeonite blades accompanied by relatively large grains of silica polymorph, chromite (of variable Ti content), ilmenite and rare zircon. Exsolved pyroxenes have either coarse lamellae of clinopyroxene in an orthopyroxene host, or lamellae of orthopyroxene in a clinopyroxene host. Plagioclase contains abundant microscopic blebs of exsolved orthopyroxene. Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene (Fs59.1-59.6Wo4.6-5.1, Fe/Mn=29.7-31.6), clinopyroxene (Fs29.1-29.3Wo40.3-40.7, Fe/Mn=31.3-32.7), plagioclase (An88.2-89.7Or0.7). Oxygen Isotopes (D. Rumble, CIW): acid-washed material analyzed by laser fluorination gave, respectively δ18O = 3.63, 3.58; δ17O = 1.66, 1.63; Δ17O = -0.251, -0.253 per mil. Classification: Achondrite (eucrite, monomict). Specimens: 22 g, two polished thin sections, and a polished mount are on deposit at UWS. The remaining material is held by an anonymous collector. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1283: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) CIW: Carnegie Insitution Washington, Geophysical Laboratory, 5251 Broad Branch Rd., NW, Washington DC 20015, United States (institutional address) Hmani: A. Hmani Moroccan Imports, 13 rue Jules Hardouin Mansart, 92600 Asnières, France (private address) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Synonyms![]() |
Northwest Africa 5691 (NWA 5691 is the same meteorite as NWA 5961) NWA 5691 (NWA 5691 is the same meteorite as NWA 5961) |