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Al Haggounia 011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Al Haggounia 011 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: 25 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12668 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 28 Mar 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Al Haggounia 011 27.320°N, 12.128°W Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara Purchased: 2020 Sep Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: Found in by Mohamed Hira and Ismail Elguirah in September 2018 and purchased by John Higgins in September, 2020, from a dealer in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Largely recrystallized with rare chondrule remnants. Accessory phases are sodic plagioclase, troilite, altered kamacite, merrillite, chlorapatite and low-Ti chromite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa25.1±0.1, range Fa24.9-25.2, N = 6), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs21.2±0.7Wo1.6±0.1, range Fs20.7-22.4Wo1.5-1.8, N = 5), augite (Fs9.9±1.6Wo43.6±1.1, range Fs8.1-11.2Wo44.9-42.9, N = 3). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6). Specimens: 134 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. J. Higgins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 112 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 275 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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