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Northwest Africa 14661
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14661
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14661
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 36 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  CVox3
Recommended:  CVox3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 51 approved meteorites classified as CVox3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 19 Mar 2022
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 14661 (NWA 14661)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 Jul

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVox3)

History: Purchased by Shun-Chung Yang in July 2021 from a dealer in Guelmim, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Well-formed, relatively large chondrules (apparent diameter 840 ± 300 µm, N = 22) plus irregularly-shaped, fine grained CAI are set in a fine grained matrix containing Cr-magnetite, troilite and Co-bearing taenite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa21.0±23.4, range Fa4.3-55.5, N = 4), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs1.6±0.8Wo2.0±1.6, range Fs1.0-2.1Wo0.8-3.1, N = 2), diopside (Fs0.86±0.6Wo47.9±3.7, range Fs0.4-1.2Wo50.5-45.3, N = 2), magnetite (Cr2O3 1.9±0.9 wt.%, range 1.2-2.9 wt.%, N = 3).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVox3).

Specimens: 7.6 g including a polished endcut at UWB; remainder with Mr. S.-C. Yang.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Guelmim
Date:P 2021 Jul
Mass (g):36
Pieces:4
Class:CVox3
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):21.0±23.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.6±0.8
Wollastonite (mol%):2.0±1.6
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):7.6
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:S.-C. Yang
Comments:Work name SCY-40; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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