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Northwest Africa 5968
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5968
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5968
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 15.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 98  (2010)  Diogenite
Recommended:  Diogenite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 522 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 14 May 2010
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Northwest Africa 5968 (NWA 5968)

Morocco

Purchased: 2008

Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite)

History: A 15.5 g partially crusted, dark brown stone was found in a bag of unclassified specimens that was purchased in Erfoud, Morocco.

Petrography: (T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU): A massive dunitic rock of large grain size (> 31 mm x 14 mm, larger because only a portion of the grain is present). A sub-parallel set of compression fractures cross-trend a second set of annealed shear fractures that contain tiny, recrystallized olivine grains. The entire olivine mass is highly charged with clear, sub-μm inclusions of indeterminate composition. Scattered patches of planar deformation features and minor undulatory extinction suggest a moderate shock level.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa8.8; FeO/MnO = 29)

Classification: Achondrite (diogenite). The olivine composition suggests an affinity with highly magnesian olivine diogenites.

Specimens: A total of 4.4 g is on deposit at NAU. The main mass holder is anonymous.

Data from:
  MB98
  Table 1
  Line 44:
Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2008
Mass (g):15.5
Pieces:1
Class:Diogenite
Fayalite (mol%):8.8
Classifier:T. Bunch, J. Wittke, NAU
Type spec mass (g):4.4
Type spec location:NAU
Main mass:Anon
Comments:ol-rich; submitted by T. Bunch
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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