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Type: Lunar Feldspathic Breccia

Official Name: NWA 14041

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Northwest Africa 14041

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 14041
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14041
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Mali
Mass: 11.7 kg

Classification
history:

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Lunar (feldsp. breccia) [explanation]

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Comments:

Approved 6 Jul 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14041 (NWA 14041)

Mali

Purchased: 2021 Feb

Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)

History: Found in Mali by camel shepherds in January 2021 and subsequently purchased in Algeria by Ahmed Salek.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Breccia composed of mineral clasts of anorthite, olivine, low-Ca pyroxene, pigeonite, exsolved pigeonite and minor Ti-chromite set in a fine grained matrix containing minor secondary calcite and a K-Ca-bearing zeolite phase.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_29.0-51.5, FeO/MnO = 99-102, N = 4), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs_23.3Wo_3.7, FeO/MnO = 60), pigeonite (Fs_32.6-68.1Wo_8.7-19.5, FeO/MnO = 52-75, N = 4), pigeonite host (Fs_42.0Wo_10.4, FeO/MnO = 66), augite exsolution lamella (Fs_22.1Wo_40.6, FeO/MnO = 71), anorthite (An_90.8-96.0Or_0.1, N = 3).

Classification: Lunar (feldspathic breccia).

Specimens: 23.6 g in the form of a polished endcut at UWB; remainder with Mr. A. Salek.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:

Place of purchase:	Algeria
Date:	P 2021 Feb
Mass (g):	11700
Pieces:	5
Class:	Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
Shock stage:	low
Weathering grade:	low
Fayalite (mol%):	29.0-51.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	23.3; 32.6-68.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	3.7; 8.7-19.5
Classifier:	A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):	23.6
Type spec location:	UWB
Main mass:	A. Salek
Comments:	Work name Ahmed 01; submitted by A. Irving

Institutions
and collections

UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012)