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Northwest Africa 14497
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14497
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14497
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 58.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 27 Nov 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14497 (NWA 14497)

Morocco

Purchased: 2012

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

History: Sample was purchased in 2012 from Adam Aaronson at the Tucson mineral show who acquired it from Morocco. Sample is catalogued at ROM as M58503.

Physical characteristics: Single individual with complete slightly rusty fusion crust, showing oreintation streaming.

Petrography: Cut surfaces and petrographic thin section show oxidation of metal staining the silicates. Chrondrules and chondrule fragments are poorly defined and matrix is recrystallized. Olivine and pyroxene show undulatory extinction. FeNi metal occurs in blebs up to 300 micrometers in dimension, typically embayed by silicates.

Geochemistry: EPMA: Olivine Fa19.12±0.45 (n=30); Ca-poor pyroxene Fs16.71±0.28 (n=26); Ca-rich pyroxene Wo46.45±0.12 (n=4).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite: H5 (S3) W2

Specimens: Type specimen location: ROM. Main mass: D. Gregory.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Tucson, AZ, USA
Date:P 2012
Mass (g):58.35
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.12±0.45
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.71±0.28
Classifier:P. McCausland, ROM, UWO
Type spec mass (g):15.07
Type spec location:ROM
Main mass:GREGORY
Comments:M58503; submitted by V. Di Cecco, ROM
Institutions
   and collections
ROM: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)
UWO: University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Sciences, BGS 1026, 1151 Richmond St. N, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Jul 2015)
Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010)
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:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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