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Northwest Africa 14895
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14895
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14895
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 216 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  L4-melt breccia
Recommended:  L4-melt breccia    [explanation]

This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites classified as L4-melt breccia.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 9 May 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 14895 (NWA 14895)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 Dec

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4, melt breccia)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Tindouf, Algeria.

Physical characteristics: Almost black rock without fusion crust.

Petrography: Chondritic melt breccia composed of L4 type regions set in a melt rock matrix. L4 regions contain well-defined, partly flattened and mostly packed chondrules with an apparent mean diameter of about 0.7 mm. The fine-grained shock melt contains abundant FeNi metal and sulfide spherules.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Tindouf, Algeria
Date:P 2021 Dec
Mass (g):216
Pieces:1
Class:L4-melt breccia
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):23.5±0.3 (n=7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.8±0.3 (n=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7±0.1 (n=7)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):28
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Fabien Kuntz
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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 9921 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1838 unapproved names)

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