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Northwest Africa 14519
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14519
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14519
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 2.39 kg
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Eucrite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 554 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 11 Dec 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14519 (NWA 14519)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)

History: Purchased by Habib Naji in June 2021 from a Mauritanian dealer.

Physical characteristics: Single stone dark brown, smooth sandblasted surface. Some orange oxidation on a broken surface was observed.

Petrography: (A. Ross and C. Agee, UNM) Microprobe and reflected light microscope examination of a polished mount shows a heavily shocked assembly of recrystallized cumulate clasts, irregular recrystallized patches of plagioclase, and numerous vesiculated melt veins. Ubiquitous opaque phases consisting of ilmenite, Cr-spinel, and Fe-sulfide are scattered throughout. Silica is also ubiquitous.

Geochemistry: (A. Ross, UNM) Pigeonite Fs46.6±4.7Wo13.1±4.5, Fe/Mn=28±2 n=9; augite Fs28.5±0.5Wo41.1±0.3, Fe/Mn=32±2 n=3; plagioclase An88.3±0.7Ab11.2±0.7, n=6.

Classification: Brecciated cumulate eucrite.

Specimens: 41.5 g on deposit at UNM, Habib Naji holds the main mass.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Mauritania
Date:P 2021
Mass (g):2385
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite
Shock stage:high
Weathering grade:moderate
Ferrosilite (mol%):46.6±4.7, 28.5±0.5
Wollastonite (mol%):13.1±4.5, 41.1±0.3
Classifier:C. Agee, UNM
Type spec mass (g):41.5
Type spec location:UNM
Main mass:Habib Naji
Comments:field name HN-2026; submitted by C. Agee
Institutions
   and collections		 UNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8402 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1899 unapproved names)

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