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Basic information | Name: Al Haggounia 009 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: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 588 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 6 Apr 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 106:
Al Haggounia 009 27°17.849’N, 12°7.548’W Laayoune/Assaquia Al Hamra, Western Sahara-Morocco Find: 24 April 2013 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: A meteorite hunting expedition to the was organised by J. Redelsperger, Claude Roy and guided by Ali Oulmaleh on April 2013. They met Lahcen Oukhouya, who found a 332.85 g meteorite in Chwichiya area, around 120 NE of Laayoune. He was prospecting in this area because of the report of a 219 g eucrite in the same area. Then the other pieces were found by Lahcen and other hunters. Physical characteristics: Several uncrusted, coarse-grained stones. The interior is brecciated with clear clasts embedded in a dark matrix, showing a doleritic texture. Petrography: Breccia with coarse basaltic clasts in a fine-grained matrix. The matrix has a doleritic texture with plagioclase grain size of several mm. Dominant minerals are exsolved pyroxene and mm-sized calcic plagioclase laths. Minor phases include chromite, silica, Ca-Phosphate, troilite and metal. Geochemistry: Pyroxenes: Low-Ca Fs59.9±2.5Wo3.7±1.8 (Fs58.2-62.7 Wo1.7-5.6 N=6 FeO/MnO=33.4±2.8); Ca-Px Fs26.7±1.3Wo42.3±2.1 (N=2 FeO/MnO=33.8±3.6). Plagioclase: An89.2±0.7, N=2. Classification: Eucrite, breccia. Specimens: One piece 22.0 g and one thick section at FSAC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) |
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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 109 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 272 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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