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Northwest Africa 14435 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14435 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14435 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 242 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 24 Dec 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14435 (NWA 14435) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2019 Dec Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: Purchased by Jason Whitcomb in December 2019 from a dealer in Greeley, Colorado, who had obtained the material from a Moroccan source. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU) Rare remnant chondrules occur in a recrystallized assemblage containing extensively altered kamacite, troilite, chromite, chlorapatite and sodic plagioclase. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa25.3±1.0, range Fa24.1-27.2, N = 7), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs22.1±1.4Wo1.4±0.2, range Fs20.9-24.6Wo1.2-1.6, N = 8). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6). Specimens: 22.6 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with Mr. J. Whitcomb. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) BrownU: Joseph Boesenberg Brown University Dept of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) 324 Brook Street Providence, RI 02912 , United States (institutional address; updated 4 Jan 2024) |
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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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