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Lahmada 046 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Lahmada 046 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: 71.2 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 334 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 8 Jul 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Lahmada 046 27°24’N, 9°50’W Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara Find: 2018 Oct 11 Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia) History: Purchased from Hamza Lharbi in Morocco in March 2018. Physical characteristics: Gray rock without fusion crust. Cut surface reveals black interior with mm-sized, whitish clasts. Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Sparse mineral clasts (anorthite, olivine, pyroxene) in a melt-rock matrix. Melt rock has numerous vesicles with typical sizes 50 µm. Troilite and rare metal are found in the melt rock. Geochemistry: Anorthite An96.8Ab3.0Or0.2 (n=2). Augite Fs16.8±0.3Wo36.3±0.1, FeO/MnO = 59.0 (n=2). Olivine Fa33.4±1.5, FeO/MnO=72.3±7.2 (n=3) Classification: Lunar (feldspathic melt breccia). Possibly paired with Lahmada 020. Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Pierre-Marie Pelé. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB108 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) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Statistics: This is 1 of 112 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 275 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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