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Northwest Africa 14466
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14466
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14466
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: Niger
Mass:help 1489 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  H5/6
Recommended:  H5/6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 256 approved meteorites classified as H5/6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 13 Nov 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14466 (NWA 14466)

Niger

Purchased: 2020

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5/6)

History: Jean-Benoît de Mascarel purchased from a mineral and artefact dealer this stone found by a touareg who had just crossed a tract of desert.

Classification: This stone is unrelated to the six stones of NWA 14466.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Agadez
Date:P 2020
Mass (g):1489
Pieces:1
Class:H5/6
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.7±0.4 (N=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.5±0.2 (N=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.3 (N=2)
Magnetic suscept.:5.2
Classifier:E. Jacquet, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:Jean-Benoît de Mascarel
Comments:Field name: Mascarel 1 (or "Mascarel-triangle"); submitted by E. Jacquet
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
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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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Niger
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 119 approved meteorites from Niger (plus 4 unapproved names)
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