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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14730 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14730 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 60 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 30 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (frag. breccia). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 19 Mar 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 14730 (NWA 14730) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2019 Classification: Lunar meteorite (frag. breccia) History: Purchased February, 2019, by anonymous collector from a Moroccan dealer Physical characteristics: Many small identical looking sand polished stones. No fusion crust present. Saw cut reveals a clast-rich brecciated interior. Petrography: (A. Ross, UNM; D. Dickens, NMMS) This meteorite is a fragmental breccia of plagioclase, pyroxene, and olivine grains, with pyroxene being significantly more abundant than olivine. This meteorite is clast-rich and contains many highly impinged, nested, and sub-micron clasts of varying lithologies set in a sparse matrix. Analysis of BSE image with ImageJ shows a mode of ~71% plagioclase, ~23% pyroxene, ~5% olivine, with remainder being opaques including kamacite and troilite. Some Cr-spinels with Mg+Al+Ti were detected. Geochemistry: (A. Ross, UNM) olivine Fa: 30.0±5.0, Fe/Mn=91±9, n=8; clinopyroxene Fs35.8±116.3Wo19.1±11.5, Fe/Mn=55±10, n=10; plagioclase An95.0±2.2, n=6; Classification: Lunar fragmental breccia Specimens: 12 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, anonymous collector holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB111 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UNM: Institute of Meteoritics
MSC03 2050
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015) |
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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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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