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Northwest Africa 14527
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14527
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14527
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 38 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
Recommended:  Lunar (feldsp. breccia)    [explanation]

This is 1 of 336 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia).   [show all]
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Comments: Approved 19 Mar 2022
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Northwest Africa 14527 (NWA 14527)

Morocco

Purchased: 2020 Jun

Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)

Physical characteristics: Black irregular rock with visible mm-sized white clasts. Cut surface show a black interior with white angular clasts to 5 mm.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Mineral clasts to 400 µm set in a feldspathic glassy matrix containing vesicles with typical size 100 µm. Metal and troilite are present. One lithic clast, a 600 µm microgabbroic clast, was observed in the studied section.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa24.8, FeO/MnO = 84.4 (n=2). Pyroxene Fs32.3±3.6Wo13.9±7.1, FeO/MnO = 59.1±7.5 (n=10). Plagioclase An94.0±2.6Ab5.8±2.5Or0.3±0.2 (n=6).

Classification: Lunar meteorite (Feldspathic breccia)

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE, main mass with José Garcia

Data from:
  MB111
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Place of purchase:Marrakesh
Date:P 2020 Jun
Mass (g):38
Pieces:1
Class:Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):24.8 (n=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):32.3±3.6 (n=10)
Wollastonite (mol%):13.9±7.1
Magnetic suscept.:3.29
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):8.05
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:José Garcia
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name CM89; 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)
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:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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