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| 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: |
This is 1 of 2930 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 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) |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 117 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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