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Northwest Africa 14803 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14803 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14803 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: Algeria Mass: 21 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 135 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-unbr. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 6 Aug 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 14803 (NWA 14803) Algeria Find: 2021 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated) Physical characteristics: Gray stone. Cut surface reveals a gray interior. Petrography: Fractured but unbrecciated microgabbroic igneous rock with typical grain size 300 μm. Main minerals are exsolved pyroxene and plagioclase. Accessory troilite, ilmenite. No metal was observed. Geochemistry: Pyroxene Fs60.4±1.0Wo1.9±0.2, FeO/MnO=36.0±3.5 (n=4). Plagioclase An81.6±1.3Ab17.2±0.7Or1.2±0.5 (n=3). Classification: Achondrite (eucrite-unbr). Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with José Garcia. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB111 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) |
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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 1336 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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