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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14633 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14633 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  234 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 12 Feb 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 14633 (NWA 14633) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Oct Classification: Ureilite History: The meteorite was purchased from a group of meteorites hunters in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, in October, 2021. Physical characteristics: Dark brownish rock without fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a protogranular texture of olivine and pigeonite grains up to 2 mm in size with some 120° triple junctions. Olivine has characteristic reduced Mg-rich rims associated with FeNi-metal or graphite. The meteorite contains flaky graphite and iron oxide veins. Geochemistry: reduced rims in olivine: Fa1.6-3.0; olivine contains 0.69±0.04 wt% Cr2O3 and 0.36±0.01 wt% CaO; pigeonite contains 1.08±0.04 wt% Cr2O3 and 0.70±0.04 wt% Al2O3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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