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Arabian Peninsula 005 | |||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Arabian Peninsula 005 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: AP 005 Observed fall: No Year found: 2005 Country: United Arab Emirates Mass: 146 g | ||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 24 Jul 2007 | ||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 92:
Arabian Peninsula 005 United Arab Emirates Find: 2005 Achondrite (eucrite, monomict breccia) Physical characteristics: A brownish 146 g stone, with no fusion crust, is partially desert-etched by sand blasting. Petrography: (J. Wittke and T. Bunch, NAU) Porphyroclastic texture of relict cumulate basalt clasts surrounded by a fine-grained matrix of recrystallized basalt. Thin, shock-melt veins transcend the sample. Prominent iron oxide staining surrounds metal grains. Mineral characteristics and geochemistry: Pigeonite (Fs52.5Wo8.7; FeO/MnO = 33), augite (Fs42.8Wo27.2), chromite (Cr/(Cr+Al) = 75) and plagioclase (An90.5). Classification: Achondrite (eucrite, monomict breccia); moderate shock and weathering. Type specimen: A 21 g sample is on deposit at NAU. The main mass holder is anonymous. | ||||||||||||
Data from: MB92 Table 6 Line 5: |
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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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 42 approved meteorites from United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||
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