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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14131 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14131 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 5.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 595 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 24 Jul 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14131 (NWA 14131) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 May Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: The meteorite was purchased from a group of meteorites hunters in Nouadhibou, Mauritania in May, 2021. Physical characteristics: Many dark grayish fragments some of which almost completely covered with fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite is a coarse-grained breccia composed of up to 6 mm sized basaltic clasts and up to 2 mm sized mineral fragments set in fine-grained clastic matrix. Mineral phases are predominantly exsolved pyroxene and mostly blocky calcic plagioclase grains. Minor phases include silica, chromite, ilmenite, fayalite, and troilite. No metallic iron has been detected. Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs63.5±0.7Wo2.9±1.1 (Fs62.2-64.1Wo1.6-4.8, FeO/MnO=29-31, n=5); Ca-pyroxene: Fs30.8±0.5Wo42.5±0.8 (Fs30.4-31.8Wo41.4-43.7, FeO/MnO=27-30, n=5); calcic plagioclase: An82.1±7.9 (An71.1-91.3, n=5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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