Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Zag

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Zag

Basic information

Name: Zag
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1998
Country: Western Sahara
Mass: 175 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	H3-6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H3-6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H3-6
Recommended:			H3-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 80 approved meteorites classified as H3-6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Writeup

Writeup from MB 83:

Zag

Western Sahara or Morocco

Fell 1998 August 4 or 5

Ordinary chondrite (H3-6)

A meteorite fall was witnessed on a mountain in the vicinity of Zag, Morocco. About 175 kg have been sold by local people to dealers and collectors under the names Zag, Sagd, and Tan-Tan. Classification and mineralogy (A. Bischoff and D. Weber, Mün): a regolith breccia (pers. comm., R. Wieler, ETH); olivine, Fa_1.6–30.0, with peak at Fa₁₉; pyroxene, Fs_3.3–26.6 with peak at Fs₁₇; shock stage, S3; weathering grade, W0/1. Specimens: 26.6 kg, JNMC; type specimens, ETH and Mün.

Institutions
and collections

ETH: Institut für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Sonneggstrasse 5, ETH Zentrum, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland (institutional address; updated 15 Sep 2017)
JNMC: jnmczurich, P.O. Box 208, CH-8155 Niederhasli, Switzerland; Website (private address; updated 4 Feb 2014)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Mark Bostick
Michael Cottingham
Michel Franco, Caillou Noir
Woreczko Jan and Wadi

Geography:

Western Sahara

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 20'N, 9° 20'W)
Recommended::	(27° 20'N, 9° 20'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 117 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara (plus 1 unapproved name)
This is 1 of 286 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names)

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Synonyms

Sagd (In NHM Cat)
Tan-Tan (In NHM Cat)
Zag (a) (In NHM Cat)

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