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Northwest Africa 14068
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14068
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14068
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 768 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  EL7
Recommended:  EL7    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites classified as EL7.   [show all]
Search for other: EL chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 4-7), and Enstatite-rich meteorites
Comments: Approved 11 Nov 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14068 (NWA 14068)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2020 Oct

Classification: Enstatite chondrite (EL7)

History: Purchased by Ziyao Wang in October 2020 from a dealer in Laayoune, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Thoroughly recrystallized, enstatite-rich assemblage with accessory kamacite, sodic plagioclase, daubreelite and Cr-troilite. No remnant chondrules were observed in the studied thin section. Kamacite has been extensively altered to Fe hydroxides, which also stain grain boundaries throughout the specimen.

Geochemistry: Enstatite (Fs0.5±0.2Wo1.6±0.0, range Fs0.3-0.7Wo1.6, N = 2), plagioclase (Ab75.4An20.0Or4.6), kamacite (Ni = 6.1 wt.%, Si = 1.0 wt.%).

Classification: Enstatite chondrite (EL7).

Specimens: 27.0 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with WangZ.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Laayoune
Date:P 2020 Oct
Mass (g):768
Pieces:many
Class:EL7
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:W3
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.5±0.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6±0.0
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):27.0
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:Z. Wang
Comments:Work names WZY-29 and DB-4; 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)
WangZ: Ziyao Wang, Hebei GEO University North Campus, Huai An dong road 127, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province , China (private address; updated 25 Jun 2021)
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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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Chunliang Zhang         
Guchen Chen   
Ziyao Wang               
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A. Irving   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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