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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14579 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14579 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  201 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 811 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 15 Jan 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 14579 (NWA 14579) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Oct Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer at the mineral show in Munich, Germany. Physical characteristics: Dark brownish rock largely covered with fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with sharply defined, partly flattened, and well packed chondrules (apparent mean diameter about 0.6 mm). The fine-grained matrix contains sulfides and FeNi metal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB111 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9111 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||