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Northwest Africa 4414 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 4414 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 4414 Observed fall: No Year found: 2006 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 1304 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 499 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 6 Oct 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Northwest Africa 4414 (NWA 4414) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2006 Jan Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: Purchased by Greg Hupe in January 2006 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU; T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU) Relatively large, well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 1110±860 µm, N = 24; some with concentric rims) and irregularly shaped, fine-grained CAI are set in a finer grained matrix (~25 vol.%, red-brown in thin section). Geochemistry: Olivine, Fa14.7±23.6 (range Fa2.2-62.7, N = 6); orthopyroxene, Fs0.7±0.4Wo1.0±0.2 (range Fs0.2-1.0Wo0.7-1.1, N = 3). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Specimens: 22.7 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with GHupé. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12
Knoles Dr
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012) PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) GHupé: Gregory M. Hupé, 9003 Placid Lakes Blvd., Lake Placid, FL 33852, United States; Website (private address) Hupe: (old address—now see GHupé or AHupé) G. and A. Hupe, 2616 Lake Youngs Court SE, Renton, WA 98058., United States (private address) BrownU: Joseph Boesenberg Brown University Dept of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) 324 Brook Street Providence, RI 02912 , United States (institutional address; updated 4 Jan 2024) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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