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Northwest Africa 14750
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14750
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14750
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 88 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 469 approved meteorites classified as LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 8 May 2022
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 14750 (NWA 14750)

Morocco

Purchased: 2012

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

History: Sample was purchased at the Tucson mineral show in 2012 from A. Aaronson, who acquired it from Morocco. Sample is catalogued at ROM as M59829.

Physical characteristics: Individual with rusty brown fusion crust on two faces and broken surfaces with well developed desert polish. Chondrules are visible in relief in fusion crust and in broken surfaces. Physical properties: Magnetic susceptibilty of a 87.95 g specimen is log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 3.87.

Petrography: In cut faces, abundant grey well-defined chondrules are set in a dark, rusty brown matrix. Chondrules typically have fine grained rims. Sparse metal is present. In polished thin section, abundant chondrules and chondrule fragments are set in a dark matrix. Chondrules are mostly of types POP, PO and RP and have dark, microcrystalline mesostasis and fine grained rims of matrix material. Olivine exhibits sharp to undulatory extinction. Metal is present in chondrules as small inclusions. Sulfide grains decorate some chondrule rims. In BSE images, olivine and pyroxene grains commonly exhibit zoning.

Geochemistry: EPMA: olivine Fa21.86±11.11 (n=31); Ca-poor pyroxene Fs9.72±7.85, Wo1.43±2.32 (n=25); Ca-rich pyroxene Fs5.64±1.41, Wo40.36±5.19 (n=6). Cr2O3 wt% in ferroan olivine is 0.08±0.08 (n=29).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite: LL3 (S2) W2. Dark matrix lacking recrystallization and olivine compositional variation suggests a petrographic subtype 3.4. Lack of visible metal and magnetic susceptibility suggests LL.

Specimens: Type specimen ROM; main mass Gregory

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Tucson, USA
Date:P 2012
Mass (g):87.95
Pieces:1
Class:LL3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):21.86±11.11
Ferrosilite (mol%):9.72±7.85; 5.64±1.41
Wollastonite (mol%):1.43±2.32; 40.36±5.19
Magnetic suscept.:3.87
Classifier:P. McCausland (ROM, UWO), V Di Cecco (ROM)
Type spec mass (g):18.02
Type spec location:ROM
Main mass:GREGORY
Comments:Submitted by V. Di Cecco, ROM
Institutions
   and collections		 ROM: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)
UWO: University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Sciences, BGS 1026, 1151 Richmond St. N, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Jul 2015)
Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2012 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 35 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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