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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14429 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14429 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 1726 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 522 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 12 Feb 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 14429 (NWA 14429) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Feb Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite) History: Purchased by Jason Whitcomb in February 2021 from an Algerian dealer. Physical characteristics: No fusion crust. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU) Breccia composed predominantly of angular grains of orthopyroxene (up to 7 mm) accompanied by accessory chromite, troilite (some as arrays of tiny inclusions within orthopyroxene), and rare fayalite. No metal was observed. Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene (Fs25.3-28.0Wo1.4-2.0, FeO/MnO = 23-27, N = 13), fayalite (Fa84.2, FeO/MnO = 38). Classification: Diogenite (breccia). Specimens: 21.59 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with Mr. J. Whitcomb. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB111 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. 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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