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Northwest Africa 14018
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14018
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14018
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 76 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 5 Jun 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14018 (NWA 14018)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2019

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: Purchased by Grant Harkness in 2019 from a dealer in Zagora, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU) Largely recrystallized but heavily stained with secondary iron hydroxides after primary metal. Some recognizable chondrules are present. Accessory phases are sodic plagioclase, troilite, chromite, chlorapatite and extensively altered metal.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa25.2±0.5, range Fa24.9-26.0, N = 5), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs21.0±0.3Wo1.4±0.3, range Fs20.6-21.4Wo1.1-1.7, N = 5).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6).

Specimens: 18 g including one polished thin section is at PSF; remainder in the Harkness Collection.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Zagora
Date:P 2019
Mass (g):76
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):25.2±0.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.0±0.3
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.3
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and J. Boesenberg, BrownU
Type spec mass (g):18
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:Harkness Collection
Comments:Work name HC-24; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 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)
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)
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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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