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Northwest Africa 14532
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14532
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14532
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 17.7 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
Recommended:  Lunar (feldsp. breccia)    [explanation]

This is 1 of 343 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia).   [show all]
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Comments: Approved 19 Feb 2022
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Northwest Africa 14532 (NWA 14532)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 Aug

Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Igneous rock made of mineral and melt rock lithic clasts set in a feldspathic glassy matrix with abundant vacuoles to 200 µm. Ilmenite and metal are present.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa26.3±3.0, FeO/MnO = 108.5±15.5 (n=4). Pyroxene Fs31.9±1.0Wo8.4±2.7, FeO/MnO = 51.8±3.5 (n=3). Plagioclase An95.1Ab4.4Or0.5 (n=3).

Classification: Lunar meteorite (Feldspathic breccia)

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Kuntz.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Guelmin, Morocco
Date:P 2021 Aug
Mass (g):17.7
Pieces:3
Class:Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):26.3±3.0 (n=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):34.9±1.0 (n=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):8.4±2.7
Magnetic suscept.:3.39
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):3.9
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Kuntz
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name K548; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)
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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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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