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Northwest Africa 14210
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14210
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14210
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1200 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  CK5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 209 approved meteorites classified as CK5.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 11 Nov 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14210 (NWA 14210)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2020

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5)

History: Purchased by Aziz Zad in 2020 from a meteorite dealer in Algeria.

Physical characteristics: Single stone with slightly weathered fusion crust.

Petrography: (D. Sheikh, Cascadia) Specimen is composed of few discernable chondrules (containing ferroan Ni-bearing olivine) set in a fine-grained matrix containing secondary recrystallized feldspar (Av. 15±5 ?m), pentlandite and Cr-bearing magnetite (~4.0 wt. % Cr2O3).

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa29.6±0.4, range Fa29.0-31.1, NiO= 0.62±0.04 wt. %, n=26), Low-Ca Pyroxene (Fs25.8±0.5Wo0.6±0.1, range Fs25.4-26.2Wo0.6-0.7, n=2), Plagioclase (An81.1±4.8, range An72.9-84.4, n=5).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5).

Specimens: 25.3 g and a thin section at Cascadia; main mass with Aziz Zad.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Algeria
Date:P 2020
Mass (g):1200
Pieces:1
Class:CK5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):29.6±0.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.8±0.5
Wollastonite (mol%):0.6±0.1
Classifier:D. Sheikh, Cascadia
Type spec mass (g):25.3
Type spec location:Cascadia
Main mass:Aziz Zad
Comments:Submitted by Daniel Sheikh
Institutions
   and collections		 Cascadia: Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, Portland State University, Department of Geology, Room 17 Cramer Hall, 1721 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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