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Northwest Africa 5080
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5080
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5080
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 235 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 96  (2009)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 565 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 27 Apr 2009
Data from:
  MB96
  Table 2
  Line 27:
State/Prov/County:Munich
Date:2004
Mass (g):235
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Fayalite (mol%):Range: 0-27
Ferrosilite (mol%):Mostly 0-3
Classifier:A. Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):23
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Anon
Comments:Matrix: Fa 46 ± 4
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 96, MAPS 44, 1355-1397 (2009)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 7885 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1958 unapproved names)

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