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Northwest Africa 14030

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 14030
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14030
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 640 g

Classification
history:

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L3-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 61 approved meteorites classified as L3-6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 8 Jun 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14030 (NWA 14030)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2020

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3-6)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a group of meteorites hunters in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, in late 2020.

Physical characteristics: Light brownish rock partly covered with fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite is a chondritic breccia consisting of clastic L6 type groundmass with embedded up to 1 cm sized L3 and L6 clasts. Plagioclase grain size in type 6 clasts is about 60 µm. Chondrules mean diameter is 515±254 µm (N=34). Opaque phases are FeNi metal and sulfides.

Geochemistry: type 3 lithology: olivine: Fa_15.3±10.2(Fa_0.7-28.2, n =28); pyroxene: Fs_12.9±8.0Wo_1.1±1.1(Fs_1.2-26.1Wo_0.2-4.2, n = 28); type 6 lithology: olivine: Fa_26.3±0.1, n=10; pyroxene: Fs_21.5±0.1Wo_1.9±0.6, n=10

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Nouadhibou, Mauritania
Date:	P 2020
Mass (g):	640
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3-6
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	26.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.5
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.9
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	22.6
Type spec location:	MNB
Main mass:	Andreas Schefzig
Comments:	Submitted by Ansgar Greshake

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:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 8402 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1899 unapproved names)

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