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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14467 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14467 Observed fall: No Year found: 2020 Country: Niger Mass:  3.6 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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 5 Dec 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14467 (NWA 14467) Niger Purchased: 2020 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5/6) History: Jean-Benoît de Mascarel purchased from a mineral and artefact dealer six fusion-crusted stones found within two kilometers of one another 60 km from a place called Ahouzigar, itself located 230 km ENE from Agadez. Physical characteristics: Writeup physical: 1111 g ("Mascarel 2"), 519 g ("Mascarel 3"), 1357 g ("Mascarel 4"), 273 g ("Mascarel 5"), 322 g ("Macarel 7"). Petrography (E. Jacquet): Chondrules rarely discernible. Most troilite is fizzed (e.g. Bennett & McSween 1996). Classification: Ordinary chondrite H5/6. A fifth stone, "Mascarel 6" (600 g), found it the same area, but it is much more weathered, and has too low magnetic susceptibility for an H chondrite (log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 3.44-3.59), so may not be paired with the others Specimens: 273 g at the MNHNP, and the four remaining stones totalling 3329 g with de Mascarel. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 123 approved meteorites from Niger (plus 6 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||