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Northwest Africa 14706
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14706
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14706
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 156 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
Recommended:  Lunar (feldsp. breccia)    [explanation]

This is 1 of 340 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia).   [show all]
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Comments: Approved 19 Mar 2022
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Northwest Africa 14706 (NWA 14706)

Morocco

Purchased: 2021 Feb

Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)

History: Purchased by Ziyao Wang from Naji Ben Faraji in Laayoune, Morocco, in February 2021

Physical characteristics: A single stone has a smooth dark fusion crust. Saw cut reveals white feldspathic clasts (1.8-1.3 cm), dark-gray clasts set in a light-gray groundmass.

Petrography: Petrology (H.Chen, L. Xie, Z.Xia, GUT): The meteorite is a feldspathic breccia, composed of numerous glassy and mineral clasts. It has large-area of shock melt. The matrix is dominated by glass with many vesicles. The chemical composition of the glass is similar with that of anorthite. The mineral grains are dominated by olivine and pyroxene (<1 ?m). Accessory phases include chromite and ilmenite.

Geochemistry (L. Xie and H. Chen, GUT): Plagioclase: An96.2-98.2Or0.02-0.17 (n=19); Olivine: Fo60.3-80.9, Fe/Mn=72-92 (n=12); Spinel: Al/(Cr+Al)=0.92-0.93, Mg/(Mg+Fe)=0.56-0.59 (n=12).

Classification: Lunar: feldspathic breccia

Specimens: A polished thin section and about 20 g sample are on deposit at GUT. The owner Ziyao Wang holds the main mass.

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Place of purchase:Laayoune, Morocco
Date:P 2021 Feb
Mass (g):156
Pieces:1
Class:Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
Classifier:H. Chen, L. Xie, Z. Xia, GUT
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:GUT
Main mass:Ziyao Wang
Finder:Anonymous
Comments:Submitted by Bingkui Miao
Institutions
   and collections		 GUT: College of Earth Sciences, Guilin University of Technology, 12 Jiangan Road, Guilin 541004, China (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2012)
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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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Bingkui Miao, Zhipeng Xia   
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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