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Northwest Africa 14432
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14432
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14432
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 821 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 409 approved meteorites classified as LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 24 Dec 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14432 (NWA 14432)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 Feb

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

History: Purchased by Jason Whitcomb in February 2021 from an Algerian dealer.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU) Well formed, closely packed, unequilibrated, glass-bearing chondrules (apparent diameter 940±460 µm, N = 24) are set in a fine grained matrix containing altered kamacite and troilite. One LL7 lithic clast with poikiloblastic texture and no recognizable chondrules is present in the studied thin section. Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 3.28.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa18.3±12.1, range Fa2.2-39.8, N = 9), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs6.1±3.7Wo1.0±1.2, range Fs2.2-11.1Wo0.2-2.8, N = 4), kamacite (Ni 2.8-3.2 wt.%, N = 2), taenite (Ni 10.9 wt.%).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3).

Specimens: 23.65 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with Mr. J. Whitcomb.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Algeria
Date:P 2021 Feb
Mass (g):821
Pieces:1
Class:LL3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.3±12.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):6.1±3.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0±1.2
Magnetic suscept.:3.28
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and J. Boesenberg, BrownU
Type spec mass (g):23.65
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:J. Whitcomb
Comments:Work name JW-32; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
BrownU: Brown University Providence, RI 02912, United States (institutional address; updated 7 Sep 2019)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8394 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1899 unapproved names)

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