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Zagora 002

Basic information

Name: Zagora 002
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: Morocco
Mass: 105.3 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 110	(2022)	Eucrite-br
Recommended:			Eucrite-br [explanation]

This is 1 of 237 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-br. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Approved 8 Apr 2021

Writeup

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Writeup from MB 110:

Zagora 002 30°11’55.99"N, 5°43’8.9"W

Morocco

Find: 2020 Sep 29

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated)

History: Found by Mohamed Oumeskour on September 29,2020. Bought from Zaid Oualghira in September 2020.

Physical characteristics: Two grayish fragments without fusion crust, with visible whitish mm sized clasts.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Mineral (some shock darkened) and rare lithic granulitic clasts set in a silicate clastic matrix. Main minerals are pyroxene (some exsolved) and plagioclase. Other minerals: olivine (as mineral clasts), metal, troilite, chromite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_36.5(n=2), FeO/MnO = 51.5. Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_38.3±11.8Wo_4.2±2.7, range Fs_23.7-47.0Wo_0.5-11.1, FeO/MnO = 32.3±4.6 (n=15). Ca-pyroxene exsolution Fs_33.8Wo_37.0(n=1). Plagioclase An_87.8±2.9Ab_11.7±2.7Or_0.5±0.2(n=8).

Classification: Achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated).

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.

Data from:
  MB110
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Date:	2020 Sep 29
Latitude:	30°11'55.99"N
Longitude:	5°43'8.9"W
Mass (g):	105.3
Pieces:	2
Class:	Eucrite-br
Fayalite (mol%):	36.5 (n=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	38.3±11.8 (n=14)
Wollastonite (mol%):	4.2±2.7
Magnetic suscept.:	3.76
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	26.2
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Jean Redelsperger
Finder:	Mohamed Oumeskour
Comments:	work name JR090; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca

Institutions
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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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Geography:

Morocco

Morocco

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(30° 11' 56"N, 5° 43' 9"W)

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This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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