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Arabian Peninsula 001

Basic information

Name: Arabian Peninsula 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: AP 001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: United Arab Emirates
Mass: 145 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 92	(2007)	Diogenite
Recommended:			Diogenite [explanation]

This is 1 of 522 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Approved 24 Jul 2007

Writeup

Writeup from MB 92:

Arabian Peninsula 001

United Arab Emirates

Find: 2006

Achondrite (diogenite)

History and physical characteristics: This 145 g stone is very fresh with black crust and flow ridges.

Petrography: (T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU) Unbrecciated medium-grained orthopyroxenite with inclusions of euhedral chomite crystals.Contains (vol%): Orthopyroxene = 94, chromite = 4, FeS = 2 and trace olivine. Orthopyroxene exhibits heavy undulatory extinction, shear zones show intense granulation and distortion of minerals.

Mineral compositions and geochemistry: Orthopyroxene (Fs_21.6Wo_2.0; FeO/MnO = 29), olivine (Fa_27.3, FeO/MnO = 45) and chromite (Cr/Cr+Al = 79).

Classification: Achondrite (diogenite); moderate shock, minimum weathering.

Type specimen: A 21 g sample is on deposit at NAU. The main mass holder is anonymous.

Data from:
  MB92
  Table 6
  Line 1:

State/Prov/County:	United Arab Emirates
Date:	2006
Mass (g):	145
Pieces:	1
Class:	Dio
Type spec mass (g):	21

Institutions
and collections

NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)

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Geography:

United Arab Emirates

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 42 approved meteorites from United Arab Emirates

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