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Northwest Africa 5601
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5601
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5601
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 6.5 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 96  (2009)  Eucrite, (polymict)
Recommended:  Eucrite-pmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 393 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 16 Apr 2009
Data from:
  MB96
  Table 2
  Line 58:
State/Prov/County:Morocco
Date:May-2005
Mass (g):6500
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite, (polymict)
Ferrosilite (mol%):58.6
Wollastonite (mol%):2.5
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):25.3
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:ROM
Institutions
   and collections		 ROM: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 96, MAPS 44, 1355-1397 (2009)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)

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