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| Basic information | Name: Rabt Sbayta 010 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: Western Sahara Mass:  6.1 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 18 approved meteorites classified as Martian (polymict breccia). [show all] Search for other: Martian meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: |
Approved 23 Sep 2018 Revised 16 Nov 2018: Updated class; see NWA 7034) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Rabt Sbayta 010 24.135944, -14.763139 Rio de Oro, Western Sahara Find: 2017 Dec 8 Classification: Martian meteorite (polymict breccia) History: Found on 12/08/2017 by Zaid Oualguirah in the same area as NWA 7034. Purchased by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in Zagora, Morocco, in 2018. Physical characteristics: Three identical appearing pieces 4.8 g, 0.7 g, and 0.6 g, two pieces preserve patches of original glassy fusion crust, the remaining exterior surfaces have a shiny black luster. Saw cut reveals a breccia with numerous dark and light colored fragmental crystals and polycrystalline lithologies, scattered spherules and spherical objects, set in a dark gray, fine-grained groundmass, some opaques visible. Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) Microprobe examination of the polished deposit sample shows a polymict breccia with fragmental feldspar and pyroxene grains, set in a very fine-grained groundmass composed of feldspar, pyroxene, oxides, and phosphates. Geochemistry: (C. Agee, UNM) Low-Ca pyroxene Fs36.0±10.0Wo5.0±2.3, Fe/Mn=36±4, n=10; high-Ca pyroxene Fs23.5±2.9Wo40.3±6.5, Fe/Mn=32±1, n=2; plagioclase Ab58.4±6.5An38.5±8.0Or3.2±1.6, n=12. Classification: Martian (polymict breccia). Paired with NWA 7034 pairing group Specimens: 1.3 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM Jean Redelsperger holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UNM: Institute of Meteoritics
MSC03 2050
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Statistics: This is 1 of 50 approved meteorites from Rio de Oro, Western Sahara This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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