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| Basic information | Name: Foum Agoutir This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: Morocco Mass:  279 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2104 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 2 Nov 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Foum Agoutir 27° 51.052’N, 12° 9.670’W South, Morocco Find: 2017 Apr 03 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4) History: A single stone was found in April 2017 by Hassan Oubaha about 27 km SSE of Akhfennir, near Oued Khaoui Naam, Morocco Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well-defined packed chondrules. Olivine are zoned compositionally. Opaques are metal and troilite. Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Kuntz. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB109 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) Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Bullock E., Chennaoui Aoudjehane H., Debaille V., D’Orazio M., Komatsu M., Miao B. and Schrader D. L. (2021) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 109. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 56, 1626–1630.
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Statistics: This is 1 of 44 approved meteorites from South, Morocco This is 1 of 2163 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 32 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Foum Agoutir 001 (First meteorite in DCA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||