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| Basic information | Name: Lut-e-Zangi Ahmad 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: LZA 002 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: Iran Mass:  8.63 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 16 May 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Lut-e-Zangi Ahmad 002 (LZA 002) 29°41.708’N, 59°5.813’E Kerman, Iran Find: 24 Mar 2013 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3) History: Found during a desert fied trip. Physical characteristics: Dark brown, wind-ablated stone, 20 × 18 × 14 cm, with deep fractures due to weathering Petrography: Mean chondrule size is 0.71±0.38 mm (n=117). Glass is common, often partly recrystallized. The meteorite is shock-blackened. Iron is mostly weathered, pyrrhotite partly unaltered, especially fine-grained troilite impregnating silicates. Many veins of terrestrial iron hydroxides and carbonates. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa 22.2±2.2 (range Fa16.3-23.7), n=19; pyroxene: Fs16.7±5.8Wo1.8±1.7 (Fs5.6-21.7Wo0.5-4.2), n=8. Classification: L chondrite based on mineral composition and mean chondrule size. Specimens: 34.4 g plus one polished thin section at NMBE. Main mass: Mehrdad Ghazvinian, Tehran. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern
Bernastrasse 15
CH-3005 Bern
Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012) Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address) |
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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 314 approved meteorites from Kerman, Iran This is 1 of 390 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 1 unapproved name) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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