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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14861 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14861 Observed fall: No Year found: 2022 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 436 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 53 approved meteorites classified as CVox3. [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 14861 (NWA 14861) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2022 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVox3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Morocco. Physical characteristics: Two brownish fragments without fusion crust. Petrography: Carbonaceous chondrite composed of large chondrules (up to 2 mm sized), whitish CAIs (up to 4 mm sized), and olivine amoeboids all set into a fine-grained light brownish to slightly greenish matrix. Opaque phases are Ni-rich sulfides, magnetite, and rare metal. Some chondrules show reddish staining due to terrestrial alteration. Geochemistry: Ni in sulfides 15.9±1.6 wt%, N=5 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVox3). Oxidized subgroup based on high concentrations of Ni in sulfide. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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