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Northwest Africa 14364 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14364 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14364 Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 752 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 522 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 11 Dec 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14364 (NWA 14364) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2018 Jun Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite) History: Purchased by Ziyao Wang in June 2018 from a Morrocan dealer at the Hunan Mineral and Gem Show in Chenzhou City, China. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Protogranular texture (mean grainsize ~1 mm). Unbrecciated aggregate of predominantly orthopyroxene (exhibiting undulose extinction) with accessory augite, silica polymorph, Ti-free chromite and troilite. Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene (Fs27.3-27.9Wo3.2-4.4, FeO/MnO = 26-27, N = 5), augite (Fs9.4-12.9Wo41.1-46.2, FeO/MnO = 18-27, N = 5). Classification: Diogenite (unbrecciated, protogranular). Specimens: 48.8 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with WangZ. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) WangZ: Ziyao Wang, Hebei GEO University North Campus, Huai An dong road 127, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province , China (private address; updated 25 Jun 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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