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Rabt Sbayta 013
Basic information Name: Rabt Sbayta 013
     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:help 380 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2923 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 8 Aug 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Rabt Sbayta 013        24°13’34"N, 14°38’07"W

Rio de Oro, Western Sahara

Find: 2020 Sep

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Highly recyrstallized chondrite with shock veins and melt pockets. No discerniblr chondrule was observed in the studied polished section. Opaque minerals are rare metal and troilite.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6).

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jérémy Bassemon

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Rio de Oro
Date:2020 Sep
Latitude:24°13'34"N
Longitude:14°38'07"W
Mass (g):380
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):31.2 (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.6 (n=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5
Magnetic suscept.:3.52
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Jérémy Bassemon
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name JB17; submitted by Jerome 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 10 Jun 2023)
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:

Western Sahara
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 13' 34"N, 14° 38' 7"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 50 approved meteorites from Rio de Oro, Western Sahara
     This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names)
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