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Basic information | Name: Boumdeid (2003) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 2003 Country: Mauritania Mass: 190 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12727 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 28 Mar 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
Boumdeid (2003) 17°42.64’N, 11°22.29’W Tagant, Mauritania Fell: 24 Sept 2003 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Mr. Isselmou ould Dah lived with his clan north of Gara Dekhene mountain, about 28 km north of Boumdeid. On Sept 24, 2003, between 9 and 10 p.m. he and surrounding nomadic people witnessed a fireball, and short time later a stone fell close to his tent. The stone was still warm when picked up. Later the complete individual of 190 g was broken in many fragments. Physical characteristics: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) One completely crusted individual of 190 g. Magnetic susceptibility log χ = 4.69 (χ × 10-9 m3/kg). Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Recrystallized matrix of olivine, Ca-poor pyroxene (0.1-0.5 mm) and secondary feldspar, with poorly developed barred olivine and porphyric pyroxene chondrules (~1 mm), chromite (0.1-0.5 mm), troilite, and metal. Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart; P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa24.5-25.1; pyroxene Fs20.2-21.1Wo1.1-1.9; feldspar An10.1-15.7Or 4.9-11.0. Kamacite Ni=4.4-6.6, Co=0.7-1.3 (all in wt.%). Radiochemistry: (D. Degering, Dresden) 22Na=0.041, 26Al=0.07 (in Bq/kg, date 2011 Nov) consistent with a 2003 fall date. Classification: L chondrite (L6, S2, W0) Specimens: ~90 g probably lost in Mauritania; type specimen, 20.1 g, MKBraun; 63 g, Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013) MKBraun: Mineralien-Kabinett, Mineralogisch-petrographisches Museum, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Bienroderweg 95, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013) Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Tagant, Mauritania This is 1 of 220 approved meteorites from Mauritania (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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