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Northwest Africa 14799
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14799
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14799
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 89.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  Pallasite, PMG
Recommended:  Pallasite, PMG    [explanation]

This is 1 of 59 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Pallasite, PMG.   [show all]
Search for other: Main group pallasites, Metal-rich meteorites, and Pallasites
Comments: Approved 26 May 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 14799 (NWA 14799)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 Nov

Classification: Pallasite (Main group)

Physical characteristics: Irregular dark fragments

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Subrounded olivine crystals, 5 mm in size, set in a metal network. Olivine:metal ratio is about 1. Accessory troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa11.0±0.1, FeO/MnO = 44.6±8.1 (n=4).

Classification: Pallasite, main group

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Kuntz.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2021 Nov
Mass (g):89.3
Pieces:several
Class:Pallasite, PMG
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):11.0±0.1 (n=4)
Magnetic suscept.:5.72
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):18
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Kuntz
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name K547b; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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.

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     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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