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Northwest Africa 14474
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14474
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14474
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 348 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 639 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Comments: Approved 15 Dec 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14474 (NWA 14474)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 Aug

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a group of meteorites hunters in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, in August, 2021.

Physical characteristics: Dark brownish fragment without fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite shows a dark brownish interior and is composed of abundant small chondrules (mean diameter about 200 µm), CAIs, and mineral fragments set into a fine-grained matrix. Some chondrules are surrounded by fine-grained dust rims. Opaque phases are mostly altered metal and troilite. The meteorite is crosscut by abundant iron-hydroxide veins.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Nouadhibou, Mauritania
Date:P 2021 Aug
Mass (g):348
Pieces:1
Class:CO3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:high
Fayalite (mol%):14.6±17.6 (1.4-63.7, n=23)
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.1±1.2 (1.4-5.7, n=15)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1±0.2 (0.8-1.8, n=15)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):22.1
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Salamu Ali
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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