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Northwest Africa 14828
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14828
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14828
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 5.58 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  LL3-7
Recommended:  LL3-7    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites classified as LL3-7.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 6 Aug 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 14828 (NWA 14828)

Morocco

Find: 2015 Oct

Classification: LL3-7

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Brecciated ordinary chondrite with several shock darkened clasts and type 7 clasts to 5 mm in size, set in a type 3 host lithology. The type 7 clasts show triple junctions, typical grain size ~100 μm, and no relict chondrules.

Geochemistry: Type 3 host lithology: Olivine Fa27.2±2.1, range Fa24.1-29.7, Fa PMD 6.5% (n=4), low-Ca pyroxene Fs12.7±6.3Wo1.9±2.0, range Fs5.8-24.4 (n=6). Type 7 lithology: Olivine Fa30.4 (n=1), orthopyroxene Fs25.6±0.3Wo2.0±0.1 (n=3), Ca-pyroxene Fs14.7Wo43.1 (n=1).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3-7).

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Mehdi Zarrabi.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:2015 Oct
Mass (g):5580
Pieces:2
Class:LL3-7
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):27.2±2.1 (n=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):12.7±6.3 (n=6)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9±2.0
Magnetic suscept.:3.74
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):66
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Mehdi Zarrabi
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name MZC13; 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)
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:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2049 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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