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Ksar Daghara 001

Basic information

Name: Ksar Daghara 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: KD 001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Tunisia
Mass: 18.4 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 102	(2013)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

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Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 6 Sep 2013

Writeup

Writeup from MB 102:

Ksar Daghara 001 (KD 001) 32.956°N, 10.484°E

Tatawin, Tunisia

Found: 2012 Apr

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6)

History: Found by Kuntz while prospecting in the Tatahouine diogenite strewnfield.

Physical characteristics: A single small stone (18.36 g) in four pieces.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Extensively recrystallized with rare chondrules, fairly abundant altered metal and some cross-cutting goethite veinlets.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_18.6-19.5), orthopyroxene (Fs_16.4-16.7Wo_1.1-1.2), clinopyroxene (Fs_9.6Wo_42.8).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6).

Specimens: 3.8 g and one polished thin section are on deposit at UWB. The main mass is held by Kuntz.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Tatawin
Date:	2012 Apr
Latitude:	32.956°N
Longitude:	10.484°E
Mass (g):	18.36
Pieces:	4
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	18.6-19.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.4-16.7
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.1-1.2
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	3.8
Type spec location:	UWB
Main mass:	F. Kuntz
Comments:	Submitted by A. Irving

Institutions
and collections

UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015

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Geography:

Tunisia

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(32° 57' 22"N, 10° 29' 2"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 37 approved meteorites from Tatawin, Tunisia
This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites from Tunisia

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