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| Basic information | Name: Bouanane This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: Morocco Mass:  1395 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 13053 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 4 Jan 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 99:
Bouanane 31°59’N, 3°12’W Morocco Found: 2009 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: P. Thomas (St-André en Vivarais France) acquired this stone and visited the camp site to take GPS coordinates Physical characteristics: A single stone showing 20% fusion crust, with signs of repeated hammering on its edges plus a central hole made by percussion. Identified by a specialist of lithic tools (H. de Lumley, MNHNP) as a hammer and anvil of probable Neolithic age. Petrography: The degree of weathering was determined on a 3 cm deep core but seems quite homogeneous, supporting, together with surface state, a rather young terrestrial age unless Neolithic use was followed by sheltering preventing atmospheric alteration. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB99 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023) MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Statistics: This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Oriental, Morocco This is 1 of 2163 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 32 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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