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Northwest Africa 14092 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14092 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14092 Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: Morocco Mass: 371 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 658 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 18 Jul 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14092 (NWA 14092) Morocco Purchased: 2012 Classification: Ureilite Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Blocky assemblage of olivine and low-Ca pyroxene with 800 µm grains size. Metal weathering products are found along grain rims. Metal is found as µm sized grains enclosed in silicates. Abundant carbon material is present. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa20.1±0.6, CaO 0.39±0.02 wt%, FeO/MnO = 50.1 (n=3). Olivine reduced rim Fa2.9 (n=1)Low-Ca pyroxene Fs17.6±0.4, FeP/MnO = 30.7±2.7 (n=6). Classification: Ureilite Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Norbert Kammel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023) |
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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 2049 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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