NWA 14217 ( 8,308 g )
Northwest Africa 14217 (NWA 14217)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: 2021 Jul
Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVox3)
History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Morocco.
Physical characteristics: Light brownish rock without fusion crust.
Petrography: Carbonaceous chondrite composed of large chondrules (up to 700 µm sized), whitish CAIs (up to 1 cm sized), and olivine amoeboids all set into a fine-grained brownish to slightly greenish matrix. Opaque phases are Ni-rich sulfides, magnetite, ilmenite, and rare metal.
Geochemistry: Ni in sulfides 18.2±1.0 wt%, N=5
Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVox3). Oxidized subgroup based on high concentrations of Ni in sulfide Gattacceca et al., 2020.
Place of purchase: | Morocco |
Date: | P 2021 Jul |
Mass (g): | 802 |
Pieces: | 1 |
Class: | CVox3 |
Shock stage: | S2 |
Weathering grade: | moderate |
Fayalite (mol%): | 14.3±11.4 (0.4-32.3, n=20) |
Ferrosilite (mol%): | 1.2±0.1 (1.1-1.6, n=16) |
Wollastonite (mol%): | 1.6±1.1 (0.6-3.8, n=16) |
Classifier: | A. Greshake, MNB |
Type spec mass (g): | 23.5 |
Type spec location: | MNB |
Main mass: | Hanno Strufe and Andreas Grünemeyer |
Comments: | Submitted by Ansgar Greshake |