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Northwest Africa 14159
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14159
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14159
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 423 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 1 Aug 2021
Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:2018
Mass (g):423
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Weathering grade:W5
Fayalite (mol%):19.6 (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.1±0.7 (n=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.1
Magnetic suscept.:4.67
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):21 (16)
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Stéphane Lecompte
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name CM52; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
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)
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:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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