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Northwest Africa 14087
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14087
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14087
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 16.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  LL7
Recommended:  LL7    [explanation]

This is 1 of 99 approved meteorites classified as LL7.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 8 Aug 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14087 (NWA 14087)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7)

History: Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Lahcen Ait Ha in 2021.

Physical characteristics: Fusion crusted stone with gray interior.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Highly recrystallized chondrite with no visible relict chondrules and triple junctions. Main minerals are olivine, pyroxene, and plagioclase (to 200 μm), some with lobate contacts. Troilite to 400 μm, FeNi metal to 20 μm.

Geochemistry: Plagioclase An10.2±0.2Ab85.6±0.6Or4.2±0.4 (n=3)

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L7). Type 7 based on texture and the Wo content of orthopyroxene.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:P 2021
Mass (g):16.6
Pieces:1
Class:LL7
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):30.9±0.4 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.5±0.6 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):2.8±0.5
Magnetic suscept.:3.56
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):3.3
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Jean Redelsperger
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name JR102; submitted by Jerome 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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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