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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14475 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14475 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  149 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 710 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 23 Nov 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14475 (NWA 14475) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Sept Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a group of meteorites hunters in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, in September, 2021. Physical characteristics: Dark brownish fragment without fusion crust. Petrography: Ordinary chondrite displaying a brownish interior with small, clearly defined, mostly flattened packed chondrules (apparent mean diameter about 300 µm). FeNi metal and sulfides and are abundant and partly altered to Fe-hydroxides. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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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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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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