Description: Hi my name is Luisa Stream, im part of Streaming meteorites. Im excited to be here, every meteorite I sell comes with a COA card and display✨ NWA 14403 weight 1.171 Grams Basic informationName: Northwest Africa 14403 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14403 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:help 3 kg Classification history: Meteoritical Bulletin: MB 110 (2022) Eucrite-mmict Recommended: Eucrite-mmict This is 1 of 295 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites Comments:Approved 31 Oct 2021 Writeup from MB 110: Northwest Africa 14403 (NWA 14403) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict) History: Purchased by Matthew Stream from Ali Hnini and Mostafa Hnini in June 2021. Physical characteristics: Thirty similar appearing fusion crusted individuals. Brecciated texture is visible on the exterior with dark and light colored clasts. Petrography: (C. Agee and A. Ross, UNM) Reflected light microscopy and electron microprobe imaging shows that this meteorite is a fragmental breccia of basaltic eucrite with subophitic texture with ~60% pyroxene and ~35% plagioclase. Pyroxenes show exsolution lamellae and have a compositional continuum between low-Ca pyroxene and augite. Accessory phases are silica, ilmenite, troilite, chromite, and zircon. Geochemistry: (A. Ross, UNM) Pyroxene Fs50.9±14.2Wo19.2±16.0, Fe/Mn=32±1, n=12; plagioclase An87.3±1.9, n=6. Classification: Achondrite (monomict eucrite) Specimens: 26.11 g on deposit at UNM, Matthew Stream holds the main mass. Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: Place of purchase:Morocco Date:P 2021 Mass (g):3000 Pieces:30 Class:Eucrite-mmict Shock stage:high Weathering grade:low Ferrosilite (mol%):50.9±14.2 Wollastonite (mol%):19.2±16.0 Classifier:C. Agee, UNM Type spec mass (g):26.11 Type spec location:UNM Main mass:Matthew Stream Comments:Field name MST-8; submitted by C. Agee, UNM
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