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Northwest Africa 14417
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14417
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14417
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: Mauritania
Mass:help 44.8 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  CVox3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 22 approved meteorites classified as CVox3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 27 Nov 2021
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14417 (NWA 14417)

Mauritania

Find: 2020

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVox3)

History: Found in Spring 2020 in northeast Mauritania by some soldiers and subsequently sold to a Mauritanian meteorite dealer. Later purchased in Fall 2020 by Geologist Juan Avilés Poblador.

Physical characteristics: Single stone with slightly weathered fusion crust.

Petrography: (D. Sheikh, Cascadia) This sample contains chondrules (Av. 1.0 mm, up to 2.5 mm; ~50 vol. %) and CAIs set within a mostly opaque, fine-grained matrix (~ 50 vol. %) containing accessory magnetite and Ni-bearing sulfides.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa25.1±14.7, range Fa6.9-49.9, n=10), Low-Ca Pyroxene (Fs5.2±3.9Wo2.4±1.3, range Fs1.2-8.9Wo0.9-3.4, n=5). Sulfides have average Ni content 11.5±5.2 wt% (n=4).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVox3). The mineral compositions and texture indicate classification as a CV3. The magnetic susceptibility and Ni concent of sulfides indicate classification to the Bali subgroup of oxidized CV3 chondrites Gattacceca et al., 2020.

Specimens: 9.03 grams and a thin section at Cascadia; main mass with Juan Avilés Poblador.

Bibliography:
  • Gattacceca J.,Bonal L.,Sonzognia C., and Longereya J. (2020) CV chondrites: More than one parent body. Earth Planet. Sci. Letts. 547, 116467. (link)
Data from:
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Date:2020
Mass (g):44.8
Pieces:1
Class:CVox3
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):25.1±14.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):5.2±3.9
Wollastonite (mol%):2.4±1.3
Magnetic suscept.:4.36
Classifier:D. Sheikh, Cascadia
Type spec mass (g):9.03
Type spec location:Cascadia
Main mass:Juan Avilés Poblador
Comments:Submitted by Daniel Sheikh
Institutions
   and collections		 Cascadia: Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, Portland State University, Department of Geology, Room 17 Cramer Hall, 1721 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Oct 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Geography:

Mauritania
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 165 approved meteorites from Mauritania (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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