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| Basic information | Name: Zagora This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1987 Country: Morocco Mass:  50 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-ung. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Revised 2 Nov 2007: fixed longitude | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 67:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Zagora Zagora, Ouarzazate, Morocco Found 1987 Iron. Iron with silicate inclusions (IAB). An unreported number of masses were found, the largest weighing 20 kg, 20 miles S. of Zagora (J. Schwade, 969 S. Chicago Avenue, Kankakee, Illinois 60901, USA). Classification from oxygen isotopic data, R. N. Clayton (1988) pers. comm. Analysis, 9.8% Ni, 62.2 ppm Ga, 226 ppm Ge, 2.68 ppm Ir, J. T. Wasson et al., (1989) Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 53, 735. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 67, Meteoritics 24, 57-60 (1989)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 73 approved meteorites from Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco (plus 4 unapproved names) This is 1 of 2163 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 32 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Morocco Iron (From MetBase) Zagora 001 (First meteorite in DCA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||