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Northwest Africa 14163
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14163
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14163
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 139 g
Classification
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Recommended:  EL-melt rock    [explanation]

This is 1 of 23 approved meteorites classified as EL-melt rock.   [show all]
Search for other: EL chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 4-7), Enstatite-rich meteorites, and Melted chondrites
Comments: Approved 23 Aug 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14163 (NWA 14163)

Morocco

Find: 2019

Classification: Enstatite chondrite (EL melt rock)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Highly recrystallized chondrite with grain size about 400 µm. Only relict chondrules are present. Enstatite is the dominant mineral, with subodinate sodic plagioclase. Accessory phases: troilite, daubreelite, schreibersite. Weathered metal is abundant. No pristine metal was found in the studied section.

Geochemistry: Enstatite Fs0.5±0.3Wo1.5±0.1, CaO 0.84±0.06 (n=5). Plagioclase An15.0±0.2Ab80.9±0.1Or4.2±0.2 (n=4). All metal is weathered and cannot be analyzed.

Classification: EL-melt rock, incompletely melted. Similar to and probably paired with Al Haggounia 001.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Daniel da Costa.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:2019
Mass (g):139
Pieces:1
Class:EL-melt rock
Weathering grade:high
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.5±0.3 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.1
Magnetic suscept.:4.31
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):38.5
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Daniel da Costa
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name DC02; 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 29 Oct 2018)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1871 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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