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Qatar 002

Basic information

Name: Qatar 002
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Qatar
Mass: 702 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8974 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 15 Feb 2014

Writeup

Writeup from MB 103:

Qatar 002 25.299°N, 51.041°E

Al Jumayliyah, Qatar

Found: 2011 Oct

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

History: Found by F. Kuntz in October 2011 while exploring in the desert of Qatar.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Sparse chondrules. Olivine, orthopyroxene, augite, sodic plagioclase, chromite, troilite and altered kamacite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_25.3-25.4), orthopyroxene (Fs_21.2-21.3Wo_1.6-0.9), augite (Fs_8.4-12.1Wo_44.1-42.4).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5).

Specimens: 20.1 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with Kuntz.

Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Al Jumayliyah
Origin or pseudonym:	Al Rayyan
Date:	2011 Oct
Latitude:	25.299°N
Longitude:	51.041°E
Mass (g):	702
Pieces:	many
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	25.3-25.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.2-21.3
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6-0.9
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	20.1
Type spec location:	PSF
Main mass:	F. Kuntz
Finder:	F. Kuntz
Comments:	Submitted by P. Sipiera

Institutions
and collections

PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full

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Photos:

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Mike Markowitz
Wojciech Moscinski

Geography:

Qatar

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(25° 17' 56"N, 51° 2' 28"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Al Jumayliyah, Qatar
This is 1 of 18 approved meteorites from Qatar

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