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Basic information | Name: Ghardaïa 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2020 Country: Algeria Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 8 Jun 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 110:
Ghardaïa 002 32°42’43.1"N, 04°28’47.9"E Ghardaia, Algeria Find: 2020 Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia) Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Mineral clasts (to 200 µm) set in a feldspathic mesostasis with abundant 50 µm vesicles. Main minerals are olivine and pyroxene. Other minerals include ilmenite, kamacite. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa25.8±2.1, FeO/MnO = 108.4±19.3 (n=10). Pyroxenes: low-Ca pyroxene Fs22.1±0.9Wo3.8±0.6 (n=5), Ca-pyroxene Fs17.1Wo31.9 (n=1), FeO/MnO = 55.2±7.8 (n=5). Feldspathic mesostasis An96.4±0.6Ab3.4±0.5Or0.3±0.1 (n=6). Classification: Achondrite (lunar, feldspathic breccia) Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Isabelle Pothier. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 29 Oct 2018) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites from Ghardaia, Algeria This is 1 of 1208 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 29 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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