Northwest Africa 5884 (NWA 5884)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: 2009
Classification: Ureilite
History: The meteorite was bought in 2009 from a Moroccan meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco.
Physical characteristics: Brownish individual lacking any fusion crust.
Petrography: The meteorite shows a cumulate texture of coarse up to 1.5 mm sized Cr-rich olivine and pigeonite crystals. It contains flaky graphite; olivine displays characteristic reduced rims.
Geochemistry: reduced rims in olivine: Fa5.8-8.5; Cr2O3 in ol: ~0.6 wt%
