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Northwest Africa 14516

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 14516
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14516
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 269 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 110	(2022)	Martian (shergottite)
Recommended:			Martian (shergottite) [explanation]

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Comments:

Approved 20 Dec 2021

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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14516 (NWA 14516)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021

Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer at the mineral show in Munich, Germany.

Physical characteristics: Three light grayish fragments without fusion crust.

Petrography: Coarse-grained igneous rock with diabasic texture, predominantly composed of up to 1 mm sized finely exsolved pyroxene and interstitial maskelynite grains both showing strong irregular compositional zoning. Maskelynite contains myrmekitic intergrowths of silica and sodic plagioclase. Minor phases include partly exsolved ilmenite, troilite, merrillite, and baddeleyite. Cracks are commonly filled with secondary calcite. The meteorite is highly shocked and contains shock melt veins and pockets.

Geochemistry: pigeonite: Fs_57.3±4.7Wo_15.0±0.9(Fs_46.2-62.2Wo_13.5-16.4, FeO/MnO=34-37, n=8); subcalcic augite: Fs_27.7±7.0Wo_31.9±1.6(Fs_21.4-45.2Wo_27.4-34.0, FeO/MnO=26-34, n=17); maskelynite: An_51.6±5.1Ab_46.9±4.5Or_1.5±0.7(An_46.2-58.2Ab_40.8-53.1Or_0.8-3.1, n=16)

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Place of purchase:	Munich, Germany
Date:	P 2021
Mass (g):	269
Pieces:	3
Class:	Martian (shergottite)
Shock stage:	high
Weathering grade:	moderate
Ferrosilite (mol%):	57.3; 27.7
Wollastonite (mol%):	15.0; 31.9
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	20.1
Type spec location:	MNB
Main mass:	Dries Vandewoude
Comments:	Submitted by Ansgar Greshake

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)

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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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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Public domain photographs:
Ansgar Greshake

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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