Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 1914

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Northwest Africa 1914

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 1914
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1914
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 628 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 88	(2004)	Howardite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Howardite
Recommended:			Howardite [explanation]

This is 1 of 446 approved meteorites classified as Howardite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites

Writeup

Writeup from MB 88:

Northwest Africa 1914

Morocco

Found 2002

Achondrite (howardite)

A 628 g, mostly crusted stone, was purchased in Safsaf, Morocco in 2002. Classification and mineralogy (T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU): fine to medium size clasts (<0.5 cm) of diogenites, typical eucrites, and FeO-rich olivine and pyroxene gabbroic clasts (up to 1.2 cm dia.). Clast modal analyses of 32 cm² yield: diogenites, 46 vol%; eucrites, 34 vol%; gabbroic clasts, 10 vol%, shocked clasts, 6 vol%; shock-melted pyroxene and anorthite clasts, 4 vol%. Diogenite pyroxenes: Ca-poor, En₆₁Wo₅ with lamellae of En₄₀Wo₁₆. Gabbroic clast olivine, Fa_81-88; pyroxene, En₂₄Wo₁₇ to En₁₀Wo₂₆, plagioclase, An₈₉. Very fresh interior. Specimens: type specimen, 20.8 g, NAU; main mass, xHupé.

Data from:
  MB88
  Table 4
  Line 81:

Place of purchase:	Safsaf
Date:	P 2002
Mass (g):	628
Pieces:	1
Class:	How
Classifier:	T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU
Type spec mass (g):	20.8
Type spec location:	ASU
Main mass:	Hupé

Institutions
and collections

ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
xHupé: (old address—now see GHupé or AHupé) G. and A. Hupe, 2616 Lake Youngs Court SE, Renton, WA 98058., United States (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Shinishi Kato
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Andreas Grünemeyer
bphd
Dirk Hohmann
Franco Vignato
Woreczko Jan & Wadi

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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