NWA 14217 ( 8,827 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