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Northwest Africa 14530

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 14530
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14530
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 211 g

Classification
history:

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Eucrite [explanation]

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Comments:

Approved 22 Dec 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14530 (NWA 14530)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: May 2021

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Gabbroic igneous rock. Main minerals are pyroxene and plagioclase with typical grain size ~1 mm. Some pyroxene grains are exsolved. Other minerals include troilite, chromite, ilmenite, rare metal.

Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_62.0±0.7Wo_2.5±0.9n FeO/MnO = 32.0±0.7 (n=5). Augite exsolutions Fs_26.7Wo_44.8, FeO/MnO = 35.6 (n=2). Plagioclase An_86.4Ab_12.9Or_0.7(n=2).

Classification: Achondrite (eucrite)

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Kuntz.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Guelmin, Morocco
Date:	P May 2021
Mass (g):	210.5
Pieces:	1
Class:	Eucrite
Weathering grade:	low
Ferrosilite (mol%):	62.0±0.7 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.5±0.9
Magnetic suscept.:	2.66
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	25.19
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Kuntz
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name K543; 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)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)

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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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