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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14875 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14875 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 126.6 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 643 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 23 Apr 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 14875 (NWA 14875) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Jun Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3) History: Purchased by Jason Whitcomb in June 2021 from an Algerian dealer. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU) Small, well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 230±160 µm, N = 26), zoned mineral fragments and sparse, very fine grained gehlenite-anorthite-bearing CAI are set in a fine grained matrix (~30 vol.%, red-brown in thin section) containing abundant magnetite accompanied by troilite, altered kamacite and taenite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa25.3±24.1, range Fa0.4-79.3, N = 11; Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.18-0.63 wt.%, mean 0.39±0.15 wt.%, N = 8), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs3.0±2.4Wo3.3±2.7, range Fs0.8-6.4Wo1.0-8.9, N = 7), augite (Fs1.2Wo36.5; Fs2.3Wo47.1; N = 2). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3). Specimens: 23.3 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with Mr. J. Whitcomb. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB111 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) BrownU: Joseph Boesenberg Brown University Dept of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) 324 Brook Street Providence, RI 02912 , United States (institutional address; updated 4 Jan 2024) |
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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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