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Northwest Africa 5005
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5005
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5005
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 40 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 824 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 11 Mar 2016
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Writeup from MB 105:

Northwest Africa 5005 (NWA 5005)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2006

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

History: The meteorite was found by an anonymous finder in northwest Africa and bought by the main mass holder in Morocco.

Physical characteristics: One brownish-gray fragment of 40 g was found.

Petrography: The meteorite is composed of sharply defined chondrules of various petrological types about 0.6 in diameter set into a fine-grained matrix of chondrule and mineral fragments and FeNi metal.

Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2006
Mass (g):40
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1/2
Fayalite (mol%):23.5±2.7 (13.9-30.8, n=31)
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.2±6.1 (2.8-24.9, n=46)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6±0.9 (0.5-4.4, n=46)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):8.4
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. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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