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Northwest Africa 7714
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7714
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7714
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 119 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  Howardite
Recommended:  Howardite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 451 approved meteorites classified as Howardite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites
Comments: Approved 1 Mar 2013
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Northwest Africa 7714 (NWA 7714)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2012

Classification: HED achondrite (Howardite)

Petrography: The fresh greyish breccia is composed of diogenetic clasts dominating over basaltic eucrite clasts set in a fine-grained clastic matrix. Diogenitic fragments are composed of large blocky orthopyroxene and Ca-rich plagioclase crystals, eucrite clasts dominated by exsolved Ca-pyroxenes and often lath-shaped calcic plagioclase. Accessories in both lithologies include silica, chromite, and troilite.

Geochemistry: Diogenitic orthopyroxene Fs25.8-30.5Wo2.1-3.6, FeO/MnO=26-38; low-Ca pyroxene Fs32.2-49.1Wo2.1-6, FeO/MnO=23-36; high-Ca pyroxene Fs60.5-63.9Wo24.8-34.5, FeO/MnO=38-56; calcic plagioclase An91.2, range An84.1-93.9.

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Place of purchase:Agadir, Morocco
Date:P 2012
Mass (g):119
Pieces:1
Class:Howardite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:low
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.8-30.5; 60.5-63.9
Wollastonite (mol%):2.1-3.6; 24.8-34.5
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20.2
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Carsten Giessler
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
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. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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