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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14217 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14217 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 802 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 35 approved meteorites classified as CVox3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 17 Oct 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14217 (NWA 14217) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Jul Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVox3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Morocco. Physical characteristics: Light brownish rock without fusion crust. Petrography: Carbonaceous chondrite composed of large chondrules (up to 700 µm sized), whitish CAIs (up to 1 cm sized), and olivine amoeboids all set into a fine-grained brownish to slightly greenish matrix. Opaque phases are Ni-rich sulfides, magnetite, ilmenite, and rare metal. Geochemistry: Ni in sulfides 18.2±1.0 wt%, N=5 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVox3). Oxidized subgroup based on high concentrations of Ni in sulfide Gattacceca et al., 2020. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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