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| Basic information | Name: Errachidia 003 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2020 Country: Morocco Mass:  247 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites classified as Winonaite. [show all] Search for other: Primitive achondrites, Winonaites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 14 Nov 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Errachidia 003 32°02.250’N, 4°03.733’W Centre-South, Morocco Purchased: 2020 Mar Classification: Primitive achondrite (Winonaite) Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Highly recrystallized crystalline rock with triple junctions. Main mineral are olivine (~250 μm), low-Ca pyroxene (~250 μm), plagioclase (~200 μm), and less abundant Ca-pyroxene (~100 μm). Other minerals: troilite, kamacite, rare chromite. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa1.2±0.2, FeO/MnO = 6.2 (n=3). Pyroxenes: orthopyroxene Fs4.7Wo2.2 (n=2), Ca-pyroxene Fs1.9Wo45.1 (n=1), FeO/MnO = 4.0 (n=3). Plagioclase An10.1Ab85.6Or4.3 (n=2). Classification: Primitive achondrite (winonaite) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 48 approved meteorites from Centre-South, Morocco (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 2163 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 32 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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