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Northwest Africa 14130
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14130
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14130
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 844 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 24 Jul 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14130 (NWA 14130)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 May

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a group of meteorites hunters in Nouadhibou, Mauritania in May 2021.

Physical characteristics: Many light brownish fragments some with minor fusion crust.

Petrography: The plagioclase grain size is about 70 µm.

Classification: LL6 chondrite, breccia

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Nouadhibou, Mauritania
Date:P 2021 May
Mass (g):844
Pieces:many
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):31.2±0.7 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.5±0.2 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):2.3±0.1 (n=5)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):188.2
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Salamu Ali
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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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