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Basic information | Name: Awsserd 002 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: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 61 approved meteorites classified as Pallasite. [show all] Search for other: Metal-rich meteorites, Pallasites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 21 Feb 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 110:
Awsserd 002 22.607°N, 14.508°W Western Sahara Find: 2019 Classification: Pallasite History: Purportedly found in 2019 about 20 kilometers west of Aousserd, southern Morocco at 22.607°N, 14.508°W, and purchased in September 2020 from the finder by Juan Avilés Poblador on behalf of UAlic. Physical characteristics: A single specimen (427 g) with a rusty brown, jagged exterior but fresh interior dominated by metal and yellow-brown olivine. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Composed predominantly of subequal amounts of olivine (grainsize up to 1.2 cm) and fresh metal (kamacite plus taenite) with minor accessory chromite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa13.2-13.4, FeO/MnO = 37-40, N = 4), kamacite (Ni = 6.8 wt.%), taenite (Ni = 15.0 wt.%, 38.6 wt.%, N = 2). Classification: Pallasite. Specimens: 30 g in the form of a polished slice at UWB; remainder in the collection of UAlic. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) UAlic: Earth Sciences Department University of Alicante San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain (institutional address; updated 9 Feb 2020) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Geography:![]() |
Statistics: This is 1 of 227 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 19 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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