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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 5888 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 5888 Observed fall: No Year found: 2008 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  8 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 61 approved meteorites classified as Pallasite. [show all] Search for other: Metal-rich meteorites, Pallasites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 29 Feb 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 5888 (NWA 5888) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2008 Classification: Pallasite History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer on a mineral fair in St. Marie aux Mines, France. Physical characteristics: Small brownish fragment without fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite is composed of about 6 mm sized subrounded olivine grains surrounded and also crosscut by abundant brownish iron oxides or hydroxides. Only minor amounts of pristine FeNi-metal and troilite are present. Geochemistry: Olivine: FeO/MnO=36±3, n=11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 7579 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1969 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||