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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14034 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14034 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  136 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 29 approved meteorites classified as CVox3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 17 Jul 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14034 (NWA 14034) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Mar Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVox3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a group of meteorites hunters in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, in March, 2021. Physical characteristics: Many grayish to light brownish fragments some of which partly covered by fusion crust. Petrography: Carbonaceous chondrite composed of chondrules (mean diameter about 0.9 mm; up to 1.5 mm sized), CAIs (up to 2 mm sized), and olivine amoeboids all set into a fine-grained brownish matrix. Most chondrules show reddish staining due to terrestrial alteration. Opaque phases are sulfides and rare metal. Geochemistry: Ni in sulfides 22.7±0.3 wt%, N=5 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVox3). Oxidized subgroup based on high concentrations of Ni in sulfides (Gattacceca et al., 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||