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Northwest Africa 14029
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14029
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14029
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 117 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8891 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 8 Jun 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14029 (NWA 14029)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2020

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a group of meteorites hunters in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, in late 2020.

Physical characteristics: Brownish rock with patches of thick fusion crust.

Petrography: The plagioclase grain size is about 30 µm. The meteorite is brecciated and contains black shock melt veins.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Nouadhibou, Mauritania
Date:P 2020
Mass (g):117
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):22.4±0.3 (n=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.2±0.2 (n=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6±0.1 (n=11)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):23.3
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Andreas Schefzig
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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