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Northwest Africa 13874
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13874
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13874
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 363 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Mar 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 13874 (NWA 13874)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2020 Dec

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4)

History: The meteorite was found in August or September 2020 in Western Sahara as one piece of 362.6 g, purchased by John Higgins from a local dealer in Zagora, Morocco, and finally sold to the current owner.

Physical characteristics: Dark brownish rock with some fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with well-defined chondrules (apparent mean diameter about 0.6 mm) set in a grayish to light brownish matrix with metal and sulfides.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:ebay
Date:P 2020 Dec
Mass (g):362.6
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.8±0.1 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.2±0.2 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7±0.2 (n=5)
Magnetic suscept.:4.68
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):34.4
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Dirk Lorenzen
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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