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Northwest Africa 14555
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14555
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14555
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 35 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8604 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 22 Dec 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14555 (NWA 14555)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2020

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

History: Acquired in 2020 by D. Sheikh from a meteorite dealer in Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Single stone slice containing a dark-brown fusion crust.

Petrography: (D. Sheikh, Cascadia) Sample is an equilibrated ordinary chondrite containing secondary recrystallized plagioclase (~20 µm) and accessory Fe-Ni metal, troilite and chromite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa23.1±0.4, range Fa22.3-23.4, n=12), Low-Ca Pyroxene (Fs19.7±0.4Wo1.2±0.2, range Fs19.2-20.2Wo0.9-1.4, n=12).

Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (L5)

Specimens: 35 g at Cascadia, main mass with Cascadia

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2020
Mass (g):35
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.1±0.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.7±0.4
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2±0.2
Classifier:D. Sheikh, Cascadia
Type spec mass (g):35
Type spec location:Cascadia
Main mass:Cascadia
Comments:Submitted by Daniel Sheikh
Institutions
   and collections		 Cascadia: Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, Portland State University, Department of Geology, Room 17 Cramer Hall, 1721 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Oct 2011)
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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9111 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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