NWA 14214 is a recent meteorite find that was recovered out the Saharan desert of Mauritania in 2021. It was classified as an orthopyroxene-heavy howardite. It is a polymict breccia that contains eucritic clasts. Like all howardites, it originates from the asteroid 4 Vesta.
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From the Meteoritical Bulletin entry on NWA 14214 :
Northwest Africa 14214 (NWA 14214)
Classification: HED achondrite (Howardite)
History: Purchased in March 2021 from a meteorite dealer in Mauritania.
Physical characteristics: Sample contains minor fusion crust.
Petrography: (D. Sheikh, Cascadia) This sample is a polymict breccia composed primarily of sub-angular to sub-rounded clasts (up to 4 mm): tabular/blocky diogenite clasts dominated by coarse-grained orthopyroxene (~31 vol. %); fine-grained eucrite clasts containing low-Ca pyroxene, pigeonite (some exsolved), augite, and calcic plagioclase (~17 vol. %); coarse-grained cumulate eucrite clasts containing low-Ca pyroxene, pigeonite (some exsolved), augite (some exsolved), calcic plagioclase, and minor olivine (~52 vol. %). Accessory phases (<1 vol. %) include ilmenite, Fe-oxides, and SiO2-rich glass.
Geochemistry: Diogenite clasts: Orthopyroxene (Fs30.2±0.8Wo4.3±0.3, range Fs28.9-31.5Wo4.0-5.2, n=5). Eucrite clasts: Low-Ca Pyroxene (Fs44.9±9.7Wo5.0±1.5, range Fs33.9-58.7Wo1.2-5.9, Fe/Mn=30±4, n=10), Pigeonite (Fs51.3±9.6Wo13.6±6.7, range Fs33.5-68.6Wo6.1-24.7, Fe/Mn=30±4, n=37), Augite (Fs46.1±15.2Wo32.4±5.1, range Fs27.1-68.3Wo26.1-40.0, Fe/Mn=34±6, n=9), Calcic Plagioclase (An86.4±5.6, range An76.8-96.7, n=37), Olivine (Fa77.6±1.2, range Fa76.2-79.1, Fe/Mn=43±5, n=5).
Classification: HED Achondrite (Howardite).
