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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 14475 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14475 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  149 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 663 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 23 Nov 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14475 (NWA 14475) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Sept Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a group of meteorites hunters in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, in September, 2021. Physical characteristics: Dark brownish fragment without fusion crust. Petrography: Ordinary chondrite displaying a brownish interior with small, clearly defined, mostly flattened packed chondrules (apparent mean diameter about 300 µm). FeNi metal and sulfides and are abundant and partly altered to Fe-hydroxides. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8559 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1896 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||