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Northwest Africa 14363

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 14363
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14363
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Morocco
Mass: 945 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 110	(2022)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 31 Oct 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14363 (NWA 14363)

Morocco

Purchased: 2021 Mar

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: Purchased by Said Baya in March 2021 from a dealer in Smara, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Highly recrystallized assemblage with rare remnant chondrules and accessory altered kamacite, troilite and sodic plagioclase.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_24.3±0.3, range Fa_24.1-24.6, N = 5), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs_20.4±0.3Wo_3.7±0.6, range Fs_20.1-20.7Wo_1.2-1.5, N = 4), augite (Fs_13.2±0.4Wo_33.7±3.1, range Fs_12.9-13.4Wo_35.9-31.5, N = 2).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6).

Specimens: 55.9 g including a polished mount at UWB; remainder with Mr. S. Baya.

Data from:
  MB110
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Place of purchase:	Smara
Date:	P 2021 Mar
Mass (g):	945
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	24.3±0.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.4±0.3
Wollastonite (mol%):	3.7±0.6
Classifier:	A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):	55.9
Type spec location:	UWB
Main mass:	S. Baya
Comments:	Work name SN01; submitted by A. Irving

Institutions
and collections

UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)

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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:

Morocco

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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