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| Basic information | Name: Ksar el Hajoui This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: Morocco Mass:  3.1 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 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 7 Jul 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Ksar el Hajoui 31°59’35.4’’N, 2°59’36.5’’W Eastern, Morocco Found: May 2010 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: In May 2010, two pieces of a large oriented stone were found 2.3 km away from the little village of Ksar el Hajoui (also known by Zaouia el Hajoui) by Mr. Abderrahmane, an inhabitant of Bouanane, Morocco. The finder was later contacted by a local meteorite retailer from Erfoud, who contacted P. Thomas, who traveled to Ksar el Hajoui to buy the stone directly from the finder. Physical characteristics: Two fragments of a single broken conical stone (25 × 13 × 8 cm). Total weight is 3.1 kg. The stone is covered by fusion crust, oriented, and displays abundant regmaglypts and flow lines. Petrography: The texture is chondritic. Plagioclase grains >50 μm are abundant. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa23.7±0.3, n=4) and low-Ca pyroxene (Fs20.1±0.1Wo1.3, n=4) are equilibrated. Classification: L6 ordinary chondrite. Weathering grade W1. Specimens: 21.1 g and a polished section are on deposit at CEREGE. P. Thomas holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 540: |
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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) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Oriental, Morocco This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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