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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14980 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14980 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 196 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 136 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-unbr. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 18 May 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 14980 (NWA 14980) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Aug Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated) History: Purchased by Jason Whitcomb in August 2021 from an Algerian dealer. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU) This specimen has a coarse gabbroic texture (mean grainsize ~3 mm) and evidence of experiencing moderate shock. Composed of relatively coarse polygranular aggregates of low-Ca pyroxene (some of which is pigeonite with fine augite lamellae) and polycrystalline grains of calcic plagioclase together with accessory chromite, troilite, ilmenite and rare kamacite. Some black shock melt veinlets and veinlets of secondary calcite are present. Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene (Fs45.9-47.4Wo3.7-5.1, FeO/MnO = 30-31, N = 4), pigeonite (Fs41.8-43.5Wo11.1-8.0, FeO/MnO = 29-32, N = 3), plagioclase (An85.5-88.6Or0.6-0.3, N = 6). Classification: Eucrite (unbrecciated, gabbroic, moderately shocked). Specimens: 20.7 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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