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Northwest Africa 14335
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14335
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14335
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1250 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 17 Oct 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14335 (NWA 14335)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 Jun

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a group of meteorite hunters in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, in June, 2021.

Physical characteristics: Brownish slightly reddish rock without fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with well-defined, mostly rounded, separated chondrules (apparent mean diameter about 0.4 mm) set in a light reddish matrix containing abundant and strongly altered metal and sulfides.

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Place of purchase:Nouadhibou, Mauritania
Date:P 2021 Jun
Mass (g):1250
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):15.9±0.2 (n=7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):14.0±0.1 (n=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3±0.1 (n=7)
Magnetic suscept.:4.7
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):74
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Salamu Ali
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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