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Northwest Africa 14116 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14116 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14116 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 234 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 31 Oct 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14116 (NWA 14116) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2019 Dec Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3) History: Purchased by Jason Whitcomb in December 2019 from a dealer in Greeley, Colorado, who had obtained the material from a Moroccan source. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU) Well-formed, somewhat unequilibrated chondrules (some containing devitrified glass) are present in a recrystallized matrix containing altered metal, chromite, troilite and chlorapatite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa26.3±2.1, range Fa24.5-29.6, Cr2O3 <0.06 wt.%, N = 5), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs22.3±1.7Wo1.7±1.4, range Fs21.2-25.5Wo0.4-4.2, N = 4), augite (Fs9.2Wo40.7). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3). L group based on magnetic susceptibility. Specimens: 25.6 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with Mr. J. Whitcomb. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) BrownU: Joseph Boesenberg Brown University Dept of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) 324 Brook Street Providence, RI 02912 , United States (institutional address; updated 4 Jan 2024) |
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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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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