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Northwest Africa 8501
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8501
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8501
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 29 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  CK5
Recommended:  CK5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 217 approved meteorites classified as CK5.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 14 Sep 2014
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Northwest Africa 8501 (NWA 8501)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2001

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5)

Petrography: The meteorite shows a dark grayish-greenish interior and consists of few chondrules and rare CAIs set into an abundant, fine-grained matrix. Opaque phases are dominantly Cr-bearing magnetite; FeNi metal is absent.

Geochemistry: Cr2O3 in magnetite: about 4 wt%

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2001
Mass (g):29
Pieces:1
Class:CK5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):29.8±0.2 (29.6-30.3, n=20)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):5.9
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Harald Stehlik
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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