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Northwest Africa 14449
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14449
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14449
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 99.9 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  R3
Recommended:  R3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 77 approved meteorites classified as R3.   [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 26 May 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 14449 (NWA 14449)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2015

Classification: Rumuruti chondrite (R3)

History: Purchased by Ziyao Wang in 2015 from a Moroccan dealer at the Hunan Mineral and Gem Show in Chenzhou City, China.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Well-formed unequilibrated, glass-bearing chondrules (apparent diameter 340±270 µm, N = 25) plus lithic unequilibrated chondrite clasts are set in a fine-grained matrix containing troilite (partly altered to Fe hydroxides), pentlandite, chromite (with variable Ti content), and chlorapatite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa26.7±14.8, range Fa2.2-41.8, N = 8), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs19.8±12.4Wo1.1±0.9, range Fs5.2-30.5Wo0.3-2.0, N = 4), subcalcic augite (Fs16.8Wo30.5), augite (15.1Wo43.0).

Classification: R3 chondrite.

Specimens: 20.2 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with WangZ.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Chenzhou City, China
Date:P 2015
Mass (g):99.9
Pieces:1
Class:R3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):26.7±14.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.8±12.4
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1±0.9
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):20.2
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:WangZ
Comments:Work name WZY-52; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)
WangZ: Ziyao Wang, Hebei GEO University North Campus, Huai An dong road 127, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province , China (private address; updated 25 Jun 2021)
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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     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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