Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 5219

MetSoc Home Publications Contacts

Search the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Last update: 3 Sep 2023
Search for:	Search type:	Search limits:	Display:	Publication:
Names Text Places Classes Years	Contains Starts with Exact Sounds like	NonAntarctic Falls Non-NWAs Has strewnfield		What's new in the last:
Include past classifications in search		Has photo	Limit to approved meteorite names
Search text:

Northwest Africa 5219

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 5219
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5219
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 60 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 97	(2010)	Martian
Recommended:			Martian (shergottite) [explanation]

This is 1 of 298 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as Martian (shergottite). [show all]
Search for other: Martian meteorites

Comments:

Approved 25 Nov 2009

Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 229:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud
Date:	October 2007
Mass (g):	60
Pieces:	Several
Class:	Martian
Ferrosilite (mol%):	34.6-54.8
Wollastonite (mol%):	10.2-15.3
Classifier:	Bunch, NAU
Type spec mass (g):	12
Type spec location:	NAU
Main mass:	Cimala
Comments:	Paired with NWA 2975

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. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)

Find references in NASA ADS:
Find references in Google Scholar:

Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Auricular
MeteoriteCollector.org - FCOM - Russ Finney
Michael Doran

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

Direct link to this page