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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14202 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14202 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 314 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 17 Oct 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14202 (NWA 14202) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia) History: Purchased by Geologist Juan Avilés Poblador in 2021 from Said Yousfi in Morocco. Physical characteristics: Single stone with minor fusion crust. Petrography: (D. Sheikh, Cascadia) Specimen is a breccia composed predominantly of sub-angular to sub-rounded anorthositic clasts (up to ~1 cm), and minor poikilitic, porphyritic, and troctolitic clasts, and isolated mineral fragments, set within a fine-grained matrix containing areas of crystalline impact melt and vesicles. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa31.1±12.3, range Fa10.4-46.2, Fe/Mn=76±16, n=11), Calcic Plagioclase (An96.0±1.2, range An93.3-98.9, n=35). Classification: Lunar (feldspathic breccia). Specimens: 6.8 grams and a thin section at Cascadia; main mass with Juan Avilés Poblador. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
Cascadia: Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, Portland State University, Department of Geology, Room 17 Cramer Hall, 1721 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Oct 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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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9111 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) |