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Basic information | Name: Ksar Daghara 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: KD 002 Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: Tunisia Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6148 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 6 Sep 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 102:
Ksar Daghara 002 (KD 002) 32.960°N, 10.479°E Tatawin, Tunisia Found: 2012 Apr Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6) History: Found by Pierre-Marie Pele while prospecting in the Tatahouine diogenite strewnfield. Physical characteristics: A single small, elongate stone (30.08 g). Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Extensively recrystallized with rare chondrules, abundant altered metal and cross-cutting goethite veinlets. Composed of olivine, orthopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, chromite, troilite and altered kamacite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa17.8-18.0), orthopyroxene (Fs16.0-17.3Wo1.0-0.9). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6). Specimens: A total of 6.1 g of type material and one polished thin section are on deposit at UWB. The main mass is held by P-M. Pele. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Statistics: This is 1 of 36 approved meteorites from Tatawin, Tunisia This is 1 of 77 approved meteorites from Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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