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Northwest Africa 14218
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14218
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14218
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 243 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 18 Sep 2021
Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Algeria
Date:P 2021 July
Mass (g):243
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):17.8±0.1 (n=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.8±0.2 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.3 (n=4)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):31.3
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Andreas Grünemeyer
Comments:Dark brownish rock with some fusion crust. The plagioclase grain size is about 40 µm.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
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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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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