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Northwest Africa 14723
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14723
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14723
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 217 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  LL4-melt breccia
Recommended:  LL4-melt breccia    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites classified as LL4-melt breccia.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites (type 4-7), LL chondrites, Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 19 Mar 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 14723 (NWA 14723)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 Nov 24

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4, melt breccia)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Guelmim, Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Brownish rock partly covered with fusion crust.

Petrography: Melt supported breccia composed of up to 1 cm sized type LL4 clasts set into abundant recrystallized melt rock. LL4 clasts show a chondritic texture with well recognizable mostly flattened chondrules with an apparent mean diameter of about 0.9 mm. The melt rock contains entrained chondrule and mineral fragments partly with resorption textures as well as characteristic FeNi metal and sulfide spherules.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Guelmim, Morocco
Date:P 2021 Nov 24
Mass (g):216.7
Pieces:1
Class:LL4-melt breccia
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):28.2±0.3 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.0±2.3 (17.0-24.7, n=20)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9±0.9 (0.7-4.1, n=20)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):28
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Michel Haak
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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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Coordinates:Unknown.

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