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Northwest Africa 14371 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14371 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14371 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 6.8 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 487 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 20 Dec 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14371 (NWA 14371) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Apr Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3) History: Purchased by Philip Mani in April 2021 from a dealer in Zagora, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Well-formed, closely-packed, unequilibrated glass-bearing chondrules (apparent diameter 1010±830 µm, N = 25) are set in a fine grained matrix containing altered kamacite, taenite and troilite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa22.5±13.9, range Fa0.4-45.0, N = 9; Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.05-0.41 wt.%, mean 0.15±0.09 wt%, N = 30), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs8.8±10.9Wo1.4±2.1, range Fs2.1-23.7Wo0.5-5.2, N = 5), subcalcic augite (Fs41.8Wo23.9), diopside (Fs9.3Wo38.1). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 3.82. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). Specimens: 38.9 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. P. Mani. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) |
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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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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