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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14329 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14329 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 569 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 6 Oct 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14329 (NWA 14329) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: June, 2021 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: The meteorite was purchased from a group of meteorite hunters in Nouadhibou, Mauritania in June, 2021. Physical characteristics: Three fragments almost completly covered with fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite is an unbrecciated basalt showing intersertal texture with domains of recrystallized mesostasis. Main minerals are exsolved pyroxene and often lath-shaped calcic plagioclases. Minor phases are silica, chromite, ilmenite, Fes, and metallic iron. Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs57.8±0.3Wo6.3±0.4 (Fs57.4-58.7Wo5.3-6.7, n=12, FeO/MnO=29-32); Ca-pyroxene: Fs29.8±0.2Wo40.9±0.3 (Fs29.3-30.0Wo40.5-41.4, n=11, FeO/MnO=31-36); calcic plagioclase: An89.1±0.4 (An88.3-90.1, n=12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |