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Lut 012

Basic information

Name: Lut 012
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Iran
Mass: 10.31 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 3 Apr 2017

Writeup

Writeup from MB 106:

Lut 012 30°56.318’N, 58°45.421’E

Kerman, Iran

Find: 2016 May

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

Physical characteristics: Covered by a black desert patina. Cut surface shows two different lithologies: a) brown color crystalline with few FeNi metal grains and b) black shock melted regions with the occurrence of shock melt veins and pockets.

Petrography: The melted zone contains troilite melt droplets and veinlets. Plagioclase maximum size 160 μm.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Kerman
Origin or pseudonym:	Central Hammada of Lut desert
Date:	2016 May
Latitude:	30°56.318'N
Longitude:	58°45.421'E
Mass (g):	10311
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	25.3 (N=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.5 (N=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.3
Magnetic suscept.:	4.42
Classifier:	H. Pourkhorsandi and J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	61
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Hojjat Kamali (Afshin Parsi, Afshin Group)
Finder:	Hojjat Kamali
Comments:	Work name AF120.; submitted by Hamed Pourkhorsandi

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)

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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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Geography:

Iran

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(30° 56' 19"N, 58° 45' 25"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 314 approved meteorites from Kerman, Iran
This is 1 of 390 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 1 unapproved name)

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