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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14926 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14926 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 480 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2062 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 9 May 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 14926 (NWA 14926) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Oct Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4) History: Purchased by Jason Whitcomb in October 2021 from an Algerian dealer. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU) Well-formed chondrules containing devitrified glass are set in a relatively coarse-grained matrix containing fresh kamacite, subcalcic augite, troilite and chromite, but no plagioclase. Olivine in chondrules is equilibrated but low-Ca pyroxene is unequilibrated. A 3 mm fine-grained igneous clast containing acicular pyroxene phenocrysts and devitrified glassy mesostasis is present in the studied thin section. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa24.1±0.2, range Fa22.9-25.0, N = 8), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs17.2±6.5Wo2.4±2.8, range Fs5.6-20.4Wo0.4-7.3, N = 5), subcalcic augite (Fs11.4Wo34.0). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4). Specimens: 20.5 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with Mr. J. Whitcomb. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB111 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) BrownU: Joseph Boesenberg Brown University Dept of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) 324 Brook Street Providence, RI 02912 , United States (institutional address; updated 4 Jan 2024) |
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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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