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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14349 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14349 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 761 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 836 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 17 Oct 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14349 (NWA 14349) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3) Petrography: (K. Metzler, IfP) Shock-darkened ordinary chondrite of low petrologic type consisting of closely packed chondrules (up to ~2 mm), chondrule fragments, Fe-Ni metal grains and troilite, with small amounts of fine-grained interchondrule matrix. The mean apparent chondrule size is 449 µm (n=170). Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: The mean olivine composition is Fa13.3±9.8 (0.9-35.7; n=24). The mean low-Ca pyroxene composition is Fs7.7±5.6Wo0.8±0.8 (Fs1.0-20.2Wo0.2-2.7; n=12). Classification: L chondrite, based on metal content and mean apparent chondrule size. Petrologic type 3, based on the chemical variation of olivine and pyroxene. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012) |
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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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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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