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Aammiq
Basic information Name: Aammiq
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Lebanon
Mass:help 596 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6775 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 15 Dec 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Aammiq        33°42’N, 35°50’E

Al Biqa’, Lebanon

Find: ca. 2000

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6)

History: The unknown finder gave the sample to Estephan Abboud who gave it to François Escuillié. The sample was then deposited for identification with Sibelle Maksoud and Dany Ayzar, Lebanese University, Beirut, who brought it to Geneva for classification.

Physical characteristics: Complete stone, showing dark brownish to black surface, with relics of fusion crust.

Petrography: .

Classification: Based on petrography and mineral composition this meteorite is classified as H6.

Specimens: 42.2 g and one polished thin section at MHNGE, main mass at Museum MIM, Beirut.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Biqa'
Date:ca. 2000
Latitude:33°42'N
Longitude:35°50'E
Mass (g):595.9
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2.0
Fayalite (mol%):18.5±0.2 (N=16)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.7±0.2 (N=121)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2±0.2 (N=21)
Classifier:E. Gnos, MHNGE
Type spec mass (g):42.2
Type spec location:MHNGE
Main mass:Museum MIM,Beirut, Lebanon
Finder:unknown
Comments:Submitted by Edwin Gnos
Institutions
   and collections
MHNGE: Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, CH-1211 Genève 6 , Switzerland (institutional address; updated 27 Oct 2011)
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:

Lebanon
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (33° 42'N, 35° 50'E)

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     This is the only approved meteorite from Al Biqa', Lebanon
     This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Lebanon (plus 1 unapproved name)
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