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Hassi Arsane 001

Basic information

Name: Hassi Arsane 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Morocco
Mass: 83 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:			Eucrite-mmict [explanation]

This is 1 of 272 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Approved 29 Nov 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Hassi Arsane 001 28°03.2539’N, 10°16.8079’W

South, Morocco

Find: 2019 Mar 15

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict)

History: Found by Ahmed Ourbaa on March 15, 2019. Bought from Zaid Oualguirah by Jean Redelsperger in May 2019.

Physical characteristics: A single crusted stone. Cut face reveals a light gray, brecciated interior.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Brecciated Igneous rock with mineral and lithic clasts (subophitic texture, about 500 µm in size) set in a clastic matrix. Main minerals are exsolved pyroxene and plagioclase. Others minerals: chromite, silica polymorph, troilite. No metal was observed.

Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_63.1±1.3Wo_2.7±1.1, FeO/MnO=32.9±2.3 (n=10). Plagioclase An_90.4±1.2Ab_9.2±1.1Or_0.3±0.2(n=6).

Classification: Achondrite (Eucrite-mmict)

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	South
Date:	2019 Mar 15
Latitude:	28°03.2539'N
Longitude:	10°16.8079'W
Mass (g):	83
Pieces:	1
Class:	Eucrite-mmict
Magnetic suscept.:	2.64
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	17.1
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Jean Redelsperger
Finder:	Ahmed Ourbaa
Comments:	work name JR075; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(28° 3' 15"N, 10° 16' 48"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 35 approved meteorites from South, Morocco
This is 1 of 1973 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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