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Northwest Africa 14065
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14065
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14065
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 587 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Eucrite-mmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 272 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 29 Jun 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14065 (NWA 14065)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 Feb

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict)

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

Physical characteristics: Many grayish fragments, some of which are partly covered by fusion crust.

Petrography: Coarse-grained brecciated basalt composed of up to 1.5 mm sized exsolved pyroxene and angular plagioclase grains. Minor phases are silica, ilmenite, Ti-bearing chromite, troilite, and metallic iron. Contains shock melt pockets.

Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs59.5±0.4Wo2.0±0.3 (Fs58.9-60.2Wo1.6-2.6, FeO/MnO=26-29, n=12); Ca-pyroxene: Fs25.2±0.4Wo44.4±0.3 (Fs24.5-25.8Wo43.9-45.0, FeO/MnO=25-28, n=13); calcic plagioclase: An89.5±2.0 (An86.6-91.9, n=15)

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2021 Feb
Mass (g):587
Pieces:many
Class:Eucrite-mmict
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:low
Ferrosilite (mol%):59.5; 25.2
Wollastonite (mol%):2.0; 44.4
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):24.1
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:David Göttlich
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 9092 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1875 unapproved names)

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