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Northwest Africa 5236
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5236
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5236
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 47.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  CK4
Recommended:  CK4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 121 approved meteorites classified as CK4.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 23 Dec 2008
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 2
  Line 90:
Place of purchase:Tucson
Date:Feb-08
Mass (g):48
Pieces:1
Class:CK4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):29.6-30.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.8
Wollastonite (mol%):0.5
Classifier:T. Irving, UWS
Type spec mass (g):9.6
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:MBandli
Comments:Magnetite, Cr2O3 3.3 wt%
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
MBandli: MIKE BANDLI PO BOX 73097 PUYALLUP, WA 98373, United States; Website (private address; updated 13 Jul 2013)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (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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