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Khawr al Fazra 021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Khawr al Fazra 021 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: KaF 021 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: Saudi Arabia Mass: 0.73 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 598 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 28 Jan 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 103:
Khawr al Fazra 021 (KaF 021) 19°44.507’N, 50°23.408’E Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia Found: 15 Feb 2013 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: Found by Khalid al Wagdani during a search for meteorites on small patch of desert soil between dunes on February 15, 2013. Physical characteristics: Fragment of shard-like individual, 0.73 g, without fusion crust. Petrography: Metamorphosed breccia, consisting of plagioclase (up to 0.6 mm), pyroxene (up to 1.5 mm) displaying shock and/or exsolution lamellae. Accessories are a silica phase, ilmenite, chromite, troilite and iron metal and its alteration products. Geochemistry: (N. Greber, Bern) Orthopyroxene compositions are Fs55.4-60.0Wo2.0-4.6, median Fs57.8Wo2.7 (n=14). Plagioclase compositions are An87.9-89.7Or0.3-0.7, median An89.3Wo0.3 (n=13). Bulk analysis of cut surface by XRF (wt%): Fe 13.9, Mn 0.43 (Fe/Mn 33.5). Classification: Based on texture, mineral compositions and bulk Fe/Mn ratio this is a eucrite. Specimens: All material at MHNGE. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB103 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
MHNGE: Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, CH-1211 Genève 6
, Switzerland (institutional address; updated 27 Oct 2011) Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address) SGS: Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (institutional address; updated 11 Feb 2010) |
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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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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites from Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 113 approved meteorites from Saudi Arabia (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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