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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14394 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14394 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  5.63 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 22 approved meteorites classified as LL6-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 5 Dec 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14394 (NWA 14394) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Jun Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6, melt breccia) History: The meteorite was purchased from a dealer in Niger. Physical characteristics: Dark grayish rock without fusion crust. Petrography: Chondritic melt breccia composed of up to 5 cm sized type LL6 fragments set into abundant black melt rock. LL6 fragments contain some relict chondrules and secondary plagioclase has a grain size of about 70 µm. Shock melt is mostly recrystallized and contains characteristic FeNi metal and sufide spherules and entrained mineral fragments. No metal or sulfide veins are observed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) Polandmet: targoniny 30 43445 Dziegielow Poland, Poland; Website (institutional address; updated 7 May 2021) |
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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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