NWA 14360 – Nowy meteoryt z Nigru

• Authors: Łukasz Karwowski , Krzysztof Szopa

Title variants

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A new meteorite from Niger: NWA 14360

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The new meteorite was bought as one single stone in 2019 from a dealer in Niger by Tomasz Jakubowski. The meteorite has fusion crust. It contains chondrules of different types with dominance of barred olivine chondrules, with diameter to 1.5 mm. Px and Ol are 78.1 vol%. of the meteorite mass. Pl is up 11.8 vol%. Average fayalite content is 24.93. Metallic phases are 3.0 vol%. Troilite is up to 5.9 vol%. Spinel (Cr-spinel) is up to 0.9 vol%. Average content of the secondary Fe-rich minerals (e.g. hydroxides) is 0.4 vol%. Feldspar composition is: Ab80.2Or5.0An14.8. Mean content of Al2O3, MgO and TiO2 in chromium spinel is 6.70 wt%, 2.05 wt% and 2.02 wt%, respectively. Metal phases are kamacite and tetrataenite. The kamacite has a Ni content in the range 5.83–6.81 wt%, while the Co content is in the range 0.39 to 0.56 wt%. Tetrataenite is has Ni content from 49.68 to 50.46 wt%, and Co up to 0.05 wt%. High-Ca monoclinic pyroxene, similar to diopside, is very rare. Accessory minerals are: chlorapatite and merrylite. Base on chemistry and petrography, the meteorite is classified as ordinary chondrite (L5). The main mass, a 9190 g specimen, is in Krzysztof Socha private collection. Small fragments with the total mass 71 g are stored in Museum of Earth Sciences (catalogue no: WNoZ/Mt/110) at University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. 39 g was used for thin-section preparation and spectroscopic investigation (Mössbauer spectroscopy).

Keywords

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NWA 14360; meteorite; meteorites classification; ordinary chondrites

Discipline

• GEOPHYSICS: GEOPHYSICS

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Meteorytowe
• Journal: Acta Societatis Metheoriticae Polonorum
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 13
• Pages: 47-59

Contributors

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Łukasz Karwowski

• Institute of Earth Science, University of Silesia

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Krzysztof Szopa

• Institute of Earth Science, University of Silesia

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