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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:help 105.3 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Eucrite-br    [explanation]

This is 1 of 218 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-br.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 8 Apr 2021
Writeuphelp
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 Fa36.5 (n=2), FeO/MnO = 51.5. Low-Ca pyroxene Fs38.3±11.8Wo4.2±2.7, range Fs23.7-47.0Wo0.5-11.1, FeO/MnO = 32.3±4.6 (n=15). Ca-pyroxene exsolution Fs33.8Wo37.0 (n=1). Plagioclase An87.8±2.9Ab11.7±2.7Or0.5±0.2 (n=8).

Classification: Achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated).

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

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
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
   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:

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

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1967 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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