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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14857 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14857 Observed fall: No Year found: 2022 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 13 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 470 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 9 May 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 14857 (NWA 14857) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: January, 2022 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a group of meteorites hunters in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, in January, 2022. Physical characteristics: Brownish fragment without fusion crust. Petrography: Carbonaceous chondrite composed of large chondrules (mean diameter about 0.9 mm; up to 1.5 mm in diameter), CAIs (up to 2 mm in diameter), and amoeboid olivine aggregates all set into a fine-grained dark brownish matrix. Several chondrules show brownish staining due to terrestrial alteration. Opaque phases include magnetite, sulfides, and their respective alteration products. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB111 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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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 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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