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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 5756 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 5756 Observed fall: No Year found: 2008 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites classified as LL3-4. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 26 Jan 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 5756 (NWA 5756) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2008 Jun 16 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3-4) History: Purchased from a Moroccan dealer at the meteorite fair in Ensisheim, France. Petrography: (K. Metzler, IfP) Genomict breccia, consisting of unequilibrated (LL3) clasts and clasts with unequilibrated low-Ca pyroxene and equilibrated olivine (LL4), embedded in related fine-grained clastic material. Geochemistry: Mineral chemistry of type 3 clasts: Fa27.0±8.2 (Fa11.0-38.8; n=22); Fs14.6±7.5 (Fs4.3-31.9; n=19); Mineral chemistry of type 4 clasts: Fa31.7±1.2 (Fa30.5-33.9; n=6); Fs18.3±5.7 (Fs13.1-30.1; n=8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 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 Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 7552 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1969 unapproved names) |