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| Basic information | Name: Aioun el Atrouss 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: Mauritania Mass:  17.2 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 146 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 26 Jan 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Aioun el Atrouss 002 16°26’N, 9°35’W Hodh el Gharbi, Mauritania Purchased: June 2015 Classification: Iron meteorite (IIAB) History: Found by a nomad ~20 km south of Aioun El Atrous, close to the villages of Bou Esfeya and Arweityl, not far from the road to Koubeni. Physical characteristics: The 17.2 kg mass has an exterior with sharp ridges and exxagerated regmaglypts, and a red-brown surface coated by well developed desert patina. Petrography: Polished sections show no Widmannstätten pattern; kamacite contains Neumann bands and rhabdite inclusions. No fusion crust or heat-affected zone was observed. Geochemistry: ICP-MS data, using sample of North Chile (Filomena) as standard (C. Herd and G. Chen UAb): Ni = 6.0, Co = 0.47 (both wt%); Ir = 17.2, Ga = 80, Ge = 283, Re = 1.4, Os = 5.8, Cu = 173, Ru = 23.1, Pd = 1.6, Pt = 29.6 (all μg/g). Classification: (C. Herd, UAb): IIAB iron, hexahedrite. Specimens: Type specimen consisting of a 83 g representative slice at UAb. Main mass with S. Buhl. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UAb: 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada, Canada; Website (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Hodh el Gharbi, Mauritania This is 1 of 191 approved meteorites from Mauritania (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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