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Bou Kra 007

Basic information

Name: Bou Kra 007
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Western Sahara
Mass: 105.2 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 9 Nov 2015

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Writeup from MB 104:

Bou Kra 007 26°46.487’N, 12°44.055’W

Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara

Find: 2012 Feb 24

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

History: Discovered by S. Buhl and A. Koppelt during a natural history expedition at Grart Nwimissiat, Saquia al Hamra on 2012 Feb 24.

Physical characteristics: One brown stone of 105.2 g; saw-cut shows chondrules set in fine-grained brown groundmass. Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.64.

Petrography: Microprobe examination of a polished thin section shows well-defined chondrules (porphyritic, barred, radial, complex) up to 2 mm (av. 0.7 mm), chondrule and mineral fragments in recrystallized, brecciated groundmass with highly oxidized metal.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine: Fa_18.3-19.5; av. Fa_19.0±0.32(n=16); pyroxene Fs_16.8-16.9Wo_1.1-1.2; av. Fs_16.8±0.03Wo_1.1±0.03(n=3).

Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (H5) of shock stage S3 and weathering grade W4.

Specimens: 20.6 g on deposit at FSAC

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Saguia el Hamra
Origin or pseudonym:	Grart Nwimissiat, Sakia al Hamra
Date:	2012 Feb 24
Latitude:	26°46.487'N
Longitude:	12°44.055'W
Mass (g):	105.2
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	19.0±0.32 (n=16)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.8±0.03 (n=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.1±0.03
Magnetic suscept.:	4.64
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz; H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, FSAC
Type spec mass (g):	20.6
Type spec location:	FSAC
Main mass:	S. Buhl
Finder:	S. Buhl, A. Koppelt
Comments:	Working name SB H5.; submitted by H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane

Institutions
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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)
FSAC: Universite Hassan II Casablanca, Faculte des Sciences Ain Chock, Departement de Géologie, BP 5366 Maârif, Casablanca, Morocco (institutional address; updated 9 Jan 2013)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full

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Geography:

Western Sahara

Western Sahara

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(26° 46' 29"N, 12° 44' 3"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 117 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara (plus 1 unapproved name)
This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names)

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