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Northwest Africa 14377 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14377 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14377 Observed fall: No Year found: 2020 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 112 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6484 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 31 Oct 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14377 (NWA 14377) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2020 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4) History: Puchased by Nicholas Gessler in 2020 from a Moroccan dealer. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU) Well-formed, relatively small chondrules containing devitrified glass are set in a recrystallized matrix containing altered metal, troilite, chromite, chlorapatite and merrillite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa18.4±0.1, range Fa18.3-18.6, N = 7), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs16.5±0.4Wo1.2±0.6, range Fs16.0-17.1Wo0.8-2.3, N = 6), augite (Fs5.3±0.3Wo45.0±1.8, range Fs5.1-5.5Wo46.2-43.7, N = 2). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4). Specimens: 24.8 g plus one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. N. Gessler. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) Gessler: Nicholas Gessler, 2010 Calgary Lane, Los Angeles, CA 90077, United States (private address; updated 7 Jul 2016) 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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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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