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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14648 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14648 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  345 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites classified as L4-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 19 Mar 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 14648 (NWA 14648) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4, melt breccia) History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Physical characteristics: Grayish rock largely covered with fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite is a chondritic melt breccia composed of abundant, wide impact melt regions and some unmelted L4 type chondritic regions with well-defined, partly flattened chondrules with an apparent mean diameter of about 0.7 mm. In such regions olivine is compositionally equilibrated and low-Ca pyroxene unequilibrated. The shock melt is mostly recrystallized and contains characteristic FeNi metal and sulfide spherules. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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