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Northwest Africa 14823
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14823
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14823
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 6.95 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 8 May 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 14823 (NWA 14823)

Morocco

Find: 2015 Feb

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with packed chondrules. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa23.1±5.9, range Fa9.6-28.2, Fa PMD 20%, Cr2O3 0.06±0.04 wt% (n=9). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs10.8±3.6Wo0.9±0.7, range Fs5.0-15.3 (n=6).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3).

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Mehdi Zarrabi.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
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Date:2015 Feb
Mass (g):6953
Pieces:2
Class:L3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):23.1±5.9 (n=9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):10.8±3.6 (n=6)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.9±0.7
Magnetic suscept.:4.50
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):828
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Mehdi Zarrabi
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name MZC7; 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)
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:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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