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Plateau du Tademait 007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Plateau du Tademait 007 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2020 Country: Algeria Mass: 102 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 451 approved meteorites classified as Howardite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 23 Jan 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Plateau du Tademait 007 28.843°N, 1.193°E Adrar, Algeria Find: 2020 Jan Classification: HED achondrite (Howardite) History: Found in Algeria in January 2020 and purchased from the finder in Tindouf, Algeria in March 2020. David Lehman is the American agent for the owners. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Breccia composed of fairly closely-packed mineral clasts of diogenitic orthopyroxene, calcic plagioclase, exsolved pigeonite, Ti-free chromite, ilmenite and minor altered kamacite in a sparse matrix. The relative proportions of diogenite and eucrite materials are estimated to be ~80% diogenite and ~20% eucrite. Geochemistry: Diogenitic orthopyroxene (Fs28.2-35.7Wo2.5-3.0, FeO/MnO = 29-34, N = 3), low-Ca pyroxene host (Fs59.3-60.6Wo3.5-3.8, FeO/MnO = 30, N = 2), augite exsolution lamellae (Fs29.4-30.0Wo40.9-41.1, FeO/MnO = 30-33, N = 2), plagioclase (An89.8-93.7Or0.4-0.2, N = 3). Classification: Howardite. Specimens: 21.1 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. D. Lehman. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) |
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References: | Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 201 approved meteorites from Adrar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 1358 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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