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Northwest Africa 14367
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14367
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14367
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 300 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  Diogenite
Recommended:  Diogenite    [explanation]

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
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14367 (NWA 14367)

Morocco

Purchased: 2019 Sep

Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite)

History: Purchased by Jesper Grønne in September 2019 from a Moroccan dealer.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Monomict breccia consisting of closely-packed grains of orthopyroxene (up to 6 mm, exhibiting undulose extinction) within a sparse matrix composed of smaller orthopyroxene grains plus accessory olivine, augite, Ti-free chromite and stained troilite.

Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene (Fs23.6-23.8Wo1.6-1.8, FeO/MnO = 24-26, N = 5), augite (Fs6.6-10.6Wo44.6-47.5, FeO/MnO = 19-27, N = 4), olivine (Fa26.1-27.4, FeO/MnO = 44-45, N = 3).

Classification: Diogenite (monomict breccia).

Specimens: 22.6 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. J. Grønne.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2019 Sep
Mass (g):300
Pieces:1
Class:Diogenite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):26.1-27.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.6-23.8; 6.6-10.6
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6-1.8; 47.5-44.6
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):22.6
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:J. Grønne
Comments:Work name JG-054; submitted by A. Irving
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)
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 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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