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Northwest Africa 5980

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 5980
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5980
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Morocco
Mass: 298 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	Winonaite
Recommended:			Winonaite [explanation]

This is 1 of 87 approved meteorites classified as Winonaite. [show all]
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Comments:

Approved 28 Aug 2011

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1289:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud
Date:	P 2009
Mass (g):	298
Pieces:	1
Class:	Winonaite
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	4.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	6.2
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.1
Classifier:	T. Bunch and Wittke, NAU
Type spec mass (g):	20
Type spec location:	NAU
Main mass:	M. Cimala
Comments:	paired to NWA 4024; submitted by 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)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)

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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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