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Northwest Africa 14177
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14177
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14177
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 930 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Winonaite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 74 approved meteorites classified as Winonaite.   [show all]
Search for other: Primitive achondrites, Winonaites
Comments: Approved 6 Oct 2021
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14177 (NWA 14177)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 Mar

Classification: Primitive achondrite (Winonaite)

History: A broken mass with heterogeneous distribution of constituent metal was purchased by Rachid Chaoui in March 2021 from a Maritanian dealer.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Triple grain junction texture. Composed mainly of forsterite, enstatite and diopside with subordinate sodic plagioclase, fluoroedenitic amphibole and Cl-F-bearing apatite.

Geochemistry: Forsterite (Fa3.7-4.2, FeO/MnO = 23-24, N = 4), enstatite (Fs4.5-5.1Wo1.8-2.0, FeO/MnO = 15-17, N = 4), diopside (Fs1.4-1.9Wo45.1-46.2, FeO/MnO = 9-15, N = 4), plagioclase (Ab74.5-75.7An21.3-22.3Or3.0-3.5, N = 3).

Classification: Winonaite. This specimen is likely paired with NWA 13958, NWA 14014, NWA 14042 and several other recently classified specimens from Northwest Africa based on essentially identical textures, mineralogy and mineral compositions.

Specimens: 25.1 g in the form of a polished endcut at UWB; remainder with Mr. R. Chaoui.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Mauritania
Date:P 2021 Mar
Mass (g):930
Pieces:1
Class:Winonaite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):3.7-4.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):4.5-5.1; 1.4-1.9
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8-2.0; 45.1-46.2
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):25.1
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:R. Chaoui
Comments:Work name RC148.1; 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 8559 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1896 unapproved names)

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