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Basic information | Name: Sahara 99362 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1999 Country: (Sahara) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites classified as L5-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 11 Sep 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 106:
Sahara 99362 Sahara Find: 1999 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5, melt breccia) Petrography: The studied thin section consists of about 70 vol% of fine-grained melt lithology and ~30% of large shock-darkened L-chondrite clasts. Relict chondrules are visible within these large shock-darkened clasts, indicating the occurrence of metamorphosed fragments of about type 5/6. The melt lithology basically consists of a very fine-grained intergrowth of different phases and also contains abundant small fragments of the target rock as well as isolated metal-sulfide assemblages (often rounded). The metal shows only weak effects of terrestrial weathering (W1). Geochemistry: Olivine from the fragments is Fa24.3±0.3 (n=5) and low-Ca pyroxene is Fs20.1±0.3Wo2.5±1.1 (n=4). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012) Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012) |
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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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 1037 approved meteorites from (Sahara) (plus 1 unapproved name) |