Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Mdaouer 002

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Mdaouer 002

Basic information

Name: Mdaouer 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: 95 g

Classification
history:

Recommended:

L6-melt breccia [explanation]

This is 1 of 66 approved meteorites classified as L6-melt breccia. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 8 Aug 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Mdaouer 002 29°50’44"N, 6°55’47"W

Morocco

Find: 2020 Jan

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, melt breccia)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Recrystallized chondritic clasts set in melt rock matrix. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6-melt breccia). Olivine and orthopyroxene compisition are in the overlap zone between L and LL chondrites, but the magnetic susceptibility, interpreted in the light of the weathering grade W2, favors an L classification.

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

Data from:
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Date:	2020 Jan
Latitude:	29°50'44"N
Longitude:	6°55'47"W
Mass (g):	95
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6-melt breccia
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	26.2 (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	22.8 (n=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.8
Magnetic suscept.:	4.54
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	19
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Jérémy Bassemon
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name JB22; 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 29 Oct 2018)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)

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Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(29° 50' 44"N, 6° 55' 47"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1847 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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