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Northwest Africa 14824
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14824
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14824
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1068 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 789 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 8 May 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 14824 (NWA 14824)

(Northwest Africa)

Find: 2016 Feb

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well-delineated packed chondrules. Chondrule mesostasis is devitrified. Opaque veins are present.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa23.1±3.9, range Fa16.4-29.4, Fa PMD 13% (n=7). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs8.3±9.1Wo1.3±1.5, range Fs1.9-21.1 (n=3).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3). L group form magnetic susceptibility and olivine Fa content.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Mehdi Zarrabi.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
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Date:2016 Feb
Mass (g):1068
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Weathering grade:W1/2
Fayalite (mol%):23.1±3.9 (n=7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):8.3±9.1 (n=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3±1.5
Magnetic suscept.:4.47
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):200
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Mehdi Zarrabi
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name MZE1; 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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8559 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1896 unapproved names)

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