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Northwest Africa 14402
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14402
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14402
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 791 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 787 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) 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
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14402 (NWA 14402)

Morocco

Purchased: Aug 2019

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

History: Purchased by Sean Tutorow from a dealer in August 2019 in Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Dark brown stone with preserved fusion crust. Cut surface shows densely packed chondrules within a dark brown matrix.

Petrography: (E. Obengo, UBayr) Petrography analysis shows chondrules (barred Ol, porphyritic Ol, porphyritic Px, or radial Px with opaques) with mean chondrule diameter 670 ± 306 µm (n=12).

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa25.4±1.9, Cr2O3=0.04±0.04%, Fe/Mn = 56±9 (n=16); low-Ca pyroxene Fs19.9±6.3Wo2.7±3.9 (n=10).

Classification: L3. Possible sub-type >3.7 based on olivine composition.

Specimens: 52.6 g including a thin section and polished mount at UBayr. S. Tutorow holds the main mass.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P Aug 2019
Mass (g):790.5
Pieces:12
Class:L3
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.4±1.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.9±6.3
Wollastonite (mol%):2.7±3.9
Classifier:E. Obengo, UBayr
Type spec mass (g):52.6
Type spec location:UBayr
Main mass:S. Tutorow
Comments:G719; submitted by A. Bouvier
Institutions
   and collections		 UBayr: Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany (institutional address; updated 5 Feb 2020)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1847 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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