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Fezzou 001

Basic information

Name: Fezzou 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Morocco
Mass: 154 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 110	(2022)	R4
Recommended:			R4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 70 approved meteorites classified as R4. [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 11 Nov 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Fezzou 001 30°41.164’N, 4°41.307’W

Morocco

Find: 2018 Aug 1

Classification: Rumuruti chondrite (R4)

History: Found by Rjdali Hmou and Mohamed Taouch on 2018 August 01. Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Lahcen Ait Ha in 2021.

Physical characteristics: Dark brown stones.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with ~300 µm chondrules set in an abundant matrix. Opaque minerals are sulfides. No metal was observed.

Classification: Rumuruti chondrite (R4)

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

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:

Date:	2018 Aug 1
Latitude:	30°41.164'N
Longitude:	4°41.307'W
Mass (g):	154
Pieces:	several
Class:	R4
Weathering grade:	high
Fayalite (mol%):	37.4±0.7 (n=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	8.8±6.8 (n=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.8±1.4
Magnetic suscept.:	3.61
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	20.4
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Jean Redelsperger
Finder:	Rjdali Hmou and Mohamed taouch
Comments:	work name JR104; 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 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:

Morocco

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(30° 41' 10"N, 4° 41' 18"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2163 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 32 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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