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Northwest Africa 14081
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14081
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14081
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1555 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Eucrite-mmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 258 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 6 Jul 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14081 (NWA 14081)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 Jan

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict)

History: Purchased by Jason Whitcomb in January 2021 from an Algerian dealer.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU) Breccia composed predominantly of mildly-shocked microgabbroic eucrite clasts plus minor related crystalline debris in a sparse fine grained matrix. Major phases are exsolved pigeonite and calcic plagioclase (polycrystalline) together with accessory silica polymorph, chromite, fayalite, ilmenite and troilite.

Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene host (Fs59.3-63.2Wo1.7-3.8, FeO/MnO = 28-31, N = 11), augite exsolution lamellae (Fs26.5-37.6Wo39.2-43.4, FeO/MnO = 28-31, N = 8), subcalcic augite (Fs43.5-44.2Wo 34.8-34.9, FeO/MnO = 37-39, N = 2), plagioclase (An88.0-90.3Or0.4-0.6, N = 4).

Classification: Eucrite (monomict breccia, microgabbroic).

Specimens: 23.8 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with Mr. J. Whitcomb.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Algeria
Date:P 2021 Jan
Mass (g):1555
Pieces:2
Class:Eucrite-mmict
Shock stage:moderate
Weathering grade:low
Ferrosilite (mol%):59.3-63.2; 26.5-37.6
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7-3.8; 39.2-43.4
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and J. Boesenberg, BrownU
Type spec mass (g):23.8
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:J. Whitcomb
Comments:Work name JW-13; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
BrownU: Brown University Providence, RI 02912, United States (institutional address; updated 7 Sep 2019)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8394 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1899 unapproved names)

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