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Northwest Africa 14366
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14366
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14366
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 3.22 kg
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 783 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 31 Oct 2021
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14366 (NWA 14366)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 Mar

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

History: Purchased by Philip Mani in March 2021 from a dealer in Zagora, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Well-formed, closely-packed glass-bearing chondrules (apparent diameter 860±290 µm, N = 25) are set in a fine grained matrix containing stained kamacite, taenite and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa22.5±10.6, range Fa5.1-33.2, N = 7; Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.02-0.16 wt.%, mean 0.0±0.03 wt%, N = 31), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs9.9±10.8Wo1.4±1.8, range Fs1.3-24.6Wo0.4-4.1, N = 4), subcalcic augite (Fs2.1Wo35.2; Fs35.8Wo31.1; N = 2). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.64.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3). The range of Cr2O3 contents in ferroan olivine implies a relatively high petrologic subtype.

Specimens: 20.4 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. P. Mani.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Zagora
Date:P 2021 Mar
Mass (g):3223
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W0/1
Fayalite (mol%):22.5±10.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):9.9±10.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±1.8
Magnetic suscept.:4.64
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):20.4
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:P. Mani
Comments:Work name PCM21-2; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012)
Catalogs:
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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