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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 5747 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 5747 Observed fall: No Year found: 2008 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  156 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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 28 Oct 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 5747 (NWA 5747) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2008 Dec 12 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: Purchased from a moroccan dealer at the mineral fair (CCH) in Hamburg, Germany. Petrography: (K. Metzler, IfP) Abundant chondrules with apparent sizes up to 4 mm set into a dark gray, fine-grained matrix. Many chondrules show yellow to orange colors due to terrestrial staining. Several whitish CAIs with irregular and spherical shapes occur, with apparent sizes up to 2.5 mm. Small, partly oxidized Fe,Ni grains are visible. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012) |
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| 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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 7885 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1958 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||