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Northwest Africa 2914
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2914
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2914
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 399 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 90  (2006)  Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:  Eucrite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 603 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 3 Feb 2006
Revised 11 Jan 2007: fixed error in mass
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Writeup from MB 90:

Northwest Africa 2914

Morocco

Find: April 2005

Achondrite (eucrite, monomict breccia)

History: Three paired partial stones weighing a total of 122 g were purchased in Erfoud, Morocco, in April 2005.

Petrography: (T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU) Cataclastic cumulate basalt that shows a remarkable range of shock features that include alternating bands of cataclastic and melt flows, mylonite-like swirls and lenticular masses, and rounded, finely crushed breccia clasts that are separated by dark, glassy to cryptocrystalline bands.

Geochemistry: Host: orthopyroxene (Fs59.3–62.7Wo3.1–1.9; FeO/MnO = 31), exsolved augite (Fs26.8–27.8Wo43–42.1; FeO/ MnO = 28), plagioclase (An92); chromite (Cr/(Cr+Al) = 0.88). Classification: Achondrite (eucrite monomict breccia) with moderate to high degree of shock and low degree of weathering.

Specimens: A 21.1 g type specimen is on deposit at NAU. Birdsell holds the main mass.

Data from:
  MB90
  Table 2
  Line 167:
Place of purchase:Unknown
Date:2005
Mass (g):399
Pieces:1
Class:Euc
Weathering grade:minimal
Type spec mass (g):21.1
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
Birdsell: Arizona Skies Meteorites, P.O. Box 2412, Flagstaff, AZ 86003, United States; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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