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Al Haggounia 008

Basic information

Name: Al Haggounia 008
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: 6.27 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11372 approved meteorites (plus 22 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 17 Feb 2017

Writeup

Writeup from MB 106:

Al Haggounia 008 27°22.110’N, 12°6.400’W

Laayoune/Assaquia Al Hamra, Western Sahara-Morocco

Find: 20 Dec 2013

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

History: Found during a meteorite searching in Chwichiya area around 120 NE of Laayoune by a group of 4 Moroccan hunters on Dec. 20, 2013. 1240 g found by El Hocine Bini and Ali Boumerzaf (Tata), 5030 g found by Moha Bohayate and Bouhat (Tata).

Physical characteristics: Many small and deeply weathered pieces without fusion crust, the biggest piece 2200 g.

Geochemistry: Fa_20.3±1.7N=6, Fs_18.7±1.0N=4

Classification: H5

Specimens: one piece 22.9 g and one thick section at FSAC

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Laayoune/Assaquia Al Hamra
Origin or pseudonym:	Chwichiya
Place of purchase:	Tan Tan
Date:	20 Dec 2013
Latitude:	27°22.110'N
Longitude:	12°6.400'W
Mass (g):	6270
Pieces:	31
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	20.3±1.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):	18.7±1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.3
Classifier:	H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, FSAC
Type spec mass (g):	22.9
Type spec location:	FSAC
Main mass:	Jean Redelsperger
Comments:	Submitted by H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane (FSAC)

Institutions
and collections

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

Catalogs:

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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Geography:

Western Sahara

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(27° 22' 7"N, 12° 6' 24"W)

Statistics:
This is the only approved meteorite from Laayoune/Assaquia Al Hamra, Western Sahara
This is 1 of 272 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names)

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