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Tindouf 006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Tindouf 006 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2020 Country: Algeria Mass: 310 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 598 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 6 Feb 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Tindouf 006 27°22’26.6"N, 7°46’15.3"W Tindouf, Algeria Find: 2020 Feb Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: Many pieces of the meteorite totaling 310 g were found February 2020 in the Tindouf area (Algeria) and purchased from a meteorite dealer in Mauritania. Physical characteristics: Grayish rock with some light clasts. Petrography: The meteorite is a brecciated eucrite composed of up to several mm-sized basaltic clasts and abundant mineral clasts set into a fine-grained matrix. Besides abundant plagioclase and pyroxenes, grains of metal, Fe-sulfide, ilmenite, and an SiO2-phase were found as accessory minerals. Geochemistry: The mean olivine composition is Fa22. The rock contains low-Ca and Ca-pyroxene. Low-Ca pyroxene is Fs57.9±2.0Wo2.9±1.4 (range Fs53.1-62.8Wo1.8-8.0; mean Fe/Mn=31.6; n=21) and the Ca-pyroxene has Fs25.9±1.1Wo41.3±1.1 (range Fs23.8-28.3Wo38.4-42.8; mean Fe/Mn=28.8; n=14). Calcic plagioclase has a composition of An88.2±2.0 (range An82.6-91.2, n=22). Classification: Eucrite breccia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012) |
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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 58 approved meteorites from Tindouf, Algeria (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1344 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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