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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14631 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14631 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 554 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 470 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 12 Feb 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 14631 (NWA 14631) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Dec Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Algeria. Physical characteristics: Grayish rock without fusion crust. Petrography: Carbonaceous chondrite composed of large chondrules (up to 3 mm sized), whitish CAIs (up to 1 cm sized), and olivine amoeboids all set into a fine-grained dark grayish to black matrix. Opaque phases include magnetite and rare pentlandite. Few chondrules show brownish staining. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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