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Northwest Africa 14375 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14375 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14375 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 545 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 273 approved meteorites classified as Mesosiderite. [show all] Search for other: Mesosiderites, Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 20 Dec 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14375 (NWA 14375) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Mar Classification: Mesosiderite History: Purchased by Ziyao Wang in March 2021 from a dealer in Tindouf, Algeria. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Aggregate of low-Ca pyroxene, anorthite and altered kamacite (about 40 vol%) together with accessory augite, silica polymorph, pentlandite, merrillite, V-bearing chromite and minor rutile. Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene (Fs29.8-34.5Wo2.9-4.5, FeO/MnO = 21-26, N = 5), augite (Fs14.5-16.4Wo41.0-42.3, FeO/MnO = 17-18, N = 3), plagioclase (An90.2-92.6Or0.1-0.2, N = 3). Classification: Mesosiderite. Specimens: 29 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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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