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Northwest Africa 14037
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14037
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14037
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 102 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 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 8 Jun 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14037 (NWA 14037)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 Apr

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a dealer in Temara, Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Black fragment partly covered with fusion crust.

Petrography: The plagioclase grain size is about 70 µm. The meteorite contains black shock melt veins.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Temara, Morocco
Date:P 2021 Apr
Mass (g):102
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):24.1±0.3 (n=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.1±0.1 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7±0.1 (n=4)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Said Yousfi
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
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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.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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