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Northwest Africa 14815
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14815
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14815
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 1800 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2060 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 1 May 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 14815 (NWA 14815)

Morocco

Find: 2015 Jan

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with packed chondrules with apparent diameter ~800 µm. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.

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Date:2015 Jan
Mass (g):1800
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):25.3±0.3 (n=3)
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.6±5.5 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9±1.3
Magnetic suscept.:4.52
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):110
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Mehdi Zarrabi
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name MZE21; submitted by Jerome Gattacceca
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CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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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:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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