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| Basic information | Name: Dellys This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1865 Country: Algeria Mass:  76 g | ||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 351 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||
| Comments: | Revised 15 May 2024: classified | ||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 113:
Dellys: classification
The Dellys medium octahedrite (Buchwald, 1975), hitherto an unclassified iron, has been analysed by Dr Akira Yamaguchi (NIPR) using LA-ICP-MS . The composition is 9.8 wt% Ni; 0.51 wt% Co; 43 ppm Ge; 22 ppm Ga; 0.4 ppm Ir; 1.7 ppm Au; 13 ppm As. This is consistent with the IIIAB chemical group. This is the same group as the Tamentit meteorite, found 1500 km away, but which Buchwald (1975) had suspected of being pairied. However, Tamentit's Ir content is distinctly higher (2.5 ppm) and Ni is lower (8.31 wt% Ni). IIIAB is a common classification, and the two meteorites are probably not paired. Submitted by E. Jacquet, MNHNP. | ||||||||||||
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| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Dellys in Buchwald (1975) [Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
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| Institutions and collections |
MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address) NIPR: Antarctic Meteorite Research Center, National Institute of Polar Research, 10-3 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2013) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 113, in preparation (2024)
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Geography:
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Boumerdes, Algeria This is 1 of 1400 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 33 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) | ||||||||||||
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