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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: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
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 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) WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) 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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 8394 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1899 unapproved names) |