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Northwest Africa 14282
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14282
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14282
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 67 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 658 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Comments: Approved 18 Dec 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14282 (NWA 14282)

Morocco

Purchased: 2016

Classification: Ureilite

History: The meteorite was found by an anonymous finder in northwest Africa and bought by the main mass holder in Chenzhou, China

Petrography: This meteorite has granular texture and is mainly comprised of olivine, clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene with minor graphitic carbon. The grain sizes of the olivine and pyroxene range from 0.3 to 1.5 mm. Silicate grains are subhedral to anhedral, and the triple junctions of the grain boundaries could be observed in this meteorite. Reverse zoning is absent in silicate. Fe-oxides occurred along grain boundaries.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa11.1-12.2, N=15; orthopyroxene Fs9.2-12.9Wo6.1-7.0, N=8; clinopyroxene Fs4.3-7.2Wo53.0-55.0, N=13

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Chenzhou, China
Date:P 2016
Mass (g):67
Pieces:1
Class:Ureilite
Fayalite (mol%):11.7±0.3 (n=15)
Ferrosilite (mol%):4.8±0.8 (n=13)
Wollastonite (mol%):54.1±0.7 (n=13)
Classifier:Li shijie and Fan yan, IGCAS
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:IGCAS
Main mass:Xu Qiang
Comments:Submitted by Li shijie
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IGCAS: Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China (institutional address; updated 27 Mar 2018)
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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:

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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