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Northwest Africa 14597
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14597
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14597
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 542 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

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 15 Jan 2022
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Merzouga, Morocco
Date:P 2021 Nov
Mass (g):542
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W3-4
Fayalite (mol%):24.8±0.5 (n=17)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.9±0.4 (n=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.3 (n=11)
Classifier:K. Klemm, A. Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):33.5
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:with finder
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Submitted by Klemm K.
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Chabot N. L., D’Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Komatsu M. and Miao B. (2023) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 111. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58, 901–904. ?
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Coordinates:Unknown.

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