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Chwichiya 007

Basic information

Name: Chwichiya 007
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: Western Sahara
Mass: 75 g

Classification
history:

Recommended:

LL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2880 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 13 Feb 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Chwichiya 007 27°24’39"N, 11°4’27"W

Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara

Find: 2020 Aug 15

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6)

Physical characteristics: Crusted stone. Cut surface reveals a dark interior with small metal grains.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Highly recrystallized ordinary chondrite with some triple junctions. Plagioclase size ~100 µm. Chromite to 300 µm.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jérémy Bassemon.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Saguia el Hamra
Date:	2020 Aug 15
Latitude:	27°24'39"N
Longitude:	11°4'27"W
Mass (g):	75
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL6
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	29.2 (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	26.6 (n=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.0
Magnetic suscept.:	4.41
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	15
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Jeremy Bassemon
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name JB04; 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 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:

Western Sahara

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(27° 24' 39"N, 11° 4' 27"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 106 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara
This is 1 of 264 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 19 unapproved names)

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