NWA 14502 (23,455 g)
Northwest Africa 14502 (NWA 14502)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: 2021
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, melt breccia)
History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Morocco.
Physical characteristics: Brownish rock without fusion crust.
Petrography: The meteorite is a melt breccia composed of L6 chondritic regions with some poorly defined chondrules (plagioclase grain size about 80 µm) and abundant up to 1.1 cm wide recrystallized melt rock veins and pockets which contain entrained partly resorbed mineral fragments and characteristic FeNi metal and sulfide spherules.
Place of purchase: | Morocco |
Date: | P 2021 |
Mass (g): | 500 |
Pieces: | 1 |
Class: | L6-melt breccia |
Shock stage: | S4 |
Weathering grade: | W2 |
Fayalite (mol%): | 24.3±0.3 (n=7) |
Ferrosilite (mol%): | 20.4±0.3 (n=7) |
Wollastonite (mol%): | 1.6±0.3 (n=7) |
Classifier: | A. Greshake, MNB |
Type spec mass (g): | 31.9 |
Type spec location: | MNB |
Main mass: | Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin |
Comments: | Submitted by Ansgar Greshake |
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