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| Basic information | Name: Al Haggounia 003 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: Western Sahara Mass:  897 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 144 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-unbr. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 31 Dec 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Al Haggounia 003 27.299°N, 12.141°W Western Sahara Find: 2013 May Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated) History: Found on May 15, 2013, by Mr. M. Smara in the Chwichiya region and subsequently purchased by John Higgins. Physical characteristics: All of the stones have pitted irregular surfaces and are light gray to dark gray to pale brown in overall color. Several stones have remnants of dark fusion crust. Most of the stones have partial coatings of greenish to whitish lichens. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS) Unbrecciated with subophitic texture and some cross-cutting microfault zones. Minerals are exsolved pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica polymorph, ilmenite, troilite and minor stained metal. Geochemistry: (P. Carpenter, WUSL) Orthopyroxene host (Fs60.4-60.7Wo3.2-2.6, FeO/MnO = 31-32, N = 2), clinopyroxene exsolution lamellae (Fs25.9-26.0Wo44.3-44.4, FeO/MnO = 30-32, N =2), plagioclase (An88.6-89.0Or0.5-0.4, N = 2). Classification: Eucrite (unbrecciated). Specimens: 24 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remaining material with Mr. J. Higgins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB104 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) WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 286 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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