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| Basic information | Name: Assaquia Al Hamra This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: Western Sahara Mass:  44.1 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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 16 May 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Assaquia Al Hamra 001 26°19’51"N, 12°29’53"W Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara Find: 2016 May 05 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: Collected in May 2016 by scientific party organized by University of Casablanca and CEREGE. Physical characteristics: A single rounded specimen with little fusion crust Petrography: Recrystallized chondritic texture. Plagioclase average grain size is above 50 μm. Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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) 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 117 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Assaquia Al Hamra 001 (First meteorite in DCA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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