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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14039 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14039 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 644 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 522 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 6 Jul 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14039 (NWA 14039) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Apr Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite) History: The meteorite was purchased from a dealer in Morocco. Physical characteristics: Light-brownish rock covered with minor fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite is a monomict breccia composed of up to 2.5 mm blocky orthopyroxene crystals within more fine-grained cataclastic matrix. Minor phases are silica, chromite, troilite, and metallic iron. No plagioclase has been found in the section studied. Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs25.6±1.0Wo1.7±0.2 (Fs24.8-27.7Wo1.3-2.0, FeO/MnO=23-28, n=16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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