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Northwest Africa 14811
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14811
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14811
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 156.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 1 May 2022
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Northwest Africa 14811 (NWA 14811)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 Nov

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with packed chondrules with average apparent diameter 680±340 µm (n=42). Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Kuntz.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Internet
Date:P 2021 Nov
Mass (g):156.4
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Weathering grade:W5
Fayalite (mol%):19.0±0.2 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.3±0.8 (n=6)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.9
Magnetic suscept.:4.88
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):21
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Kuntz
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name K548b; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)
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.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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