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Northwest Africa 14358
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14358
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14358
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 300 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Lunar (Feldsp. Breccia)    [explanation]

This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (Feldsp. Breccia).   [show all]
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Comments: Approved 11 Nov 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14358 (NWA 14358)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021

Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)

History: Purchased by Sean Tutorow a meteorite dealer in Morocco, February 2021.

Physical characteristics: Dark, shiny, irregular exterior, sandblasted, fusion crust absent, scattered light colored clasts also visible.

Petrography: (C. Agee and A. Ross, UNM) Reflected light microscopy shows numerous olivine and pyroxene fragments set in a feldspathic dominated groundmass. Some olivine’s show compositional zoning and some pyroxenes show exsolution lamellae. Electron microprobe analyses show the ubiquitous presence of low-Ni Fe-metal, troilite, magnetite, chromite, ilmenite, and barite.

Geochemistry: (A. Ross, UNM) Olivine Fa6.0±9.4, Fe/Mn=91±7, n=6; pigeonite Fs29.1±8.4Wo6.5±3.8, Fe/Mn=55±4, n=4; augite Fs26.8±16.7Wo30.5±14.2, Fe/Mn=50±6, n=2; plagioclase An95.9±0.3, n=4.

Classification: Lunar, feldspathic breccia

Specimens: 21.27 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Sean Tutorow holds the main mass.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2021
Mass (g):299.98
Pieces:10
Class:Lunar (Feldsp. Breccia)
Shock stage:high
Weathering grade:moderate
Fayalite (mol%):26.0±9.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):29.1±8.4, 26.8±16.7
Wollastonite (mol%):6.5±3.8, 30.5±14.2
Classifier:C. Agee, UNM
Type spec mass (g):21.27
Type spec location:UNM
Main mass:Sean Tutorow
Comments:Field name G731; submitted by C. Agee, UNM
Institutions
   and collections		 UNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015)
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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 8559 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1896 unapproved names)

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