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Northwest Africa 14560
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14560
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14560
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 992 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Pallasite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 76 approved meteorites classified as Pallasite.   [show all]
Search for other: Metal-rich meteorites, Pallasites
Comments: Approved 4 Mar 2023
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Writeup from MB 112:

Northwest Africa 14560 (NWA 14560)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 Feb

Classification: Pallasite

History: Purchased by Jason Whitcomb in February 2021 from an Algerian dealer.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) The studied material is a coarse grained assemblage of olivine and altered kamacite plus minor taenite. Metal makes up about 40 vol% of the meteorite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa12.1-12.6; 15.5; FeO/MnO=43-49 (N = 6), kamacite (Ni 7.4 wt.%).

Classification: Pallasite.

Specimens: 34.4 g including one polished endcut at PSF; remainder with Mr. J. Whitcomb.

Data from:
  MB112
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Algeria
Date:P 2021 Feb
Mass (g):992
Pieces:many
Class:Pallasite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:moderate
Fayalite (mol%):12.1-12.6; 15.5
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):34.4
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:J. Whitcomb
Comments:Work name JW-36; submitted by A. Irving
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)
WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112, in preparation (2023)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9042 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1870 unapproved names)

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