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Djermaia

Basic information

Name: Djermaia
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1961
Country: Chad
Mass: 3.95 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 88	(2004)	Stone
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 112	(2023)	H3-6
Recommended:			H3-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 80 approved meteorites classified as H3-6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Revised 11 Jun 2023: reclassification

Writeup

Writeup from MB 30:
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DJERMAIA, Chad, Africa;

FELL February 25, 1961.

Writeup from MB 88:

Djermaia additional mass:
A single black stone weighing 2947 g was given by a nomad to Raymond Martinot, insurance broker in Fort Lamy, Chad, after 1960. Identification (Michèle Bourot-Denise, MNHNP): it is a new individual of the Djermaia fall, determined from a comparison of sections. Specimen: MFranco.

Writeup from MB 112:

Djermaia: reclassification
Brandstätter et al. (2010) classified this fall as an H3-6 breccia.

Bibliography:

Brandstätter F., Johan Z., and Schneider J.-L. (2010) On the mineralogy of the H3-6 breccia Djermaia. 73rd Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting, abs. 5047 (link)

Institutions
and collections

MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
MFranco: Michel Franco (of Caillou Noir), 100 Chemin des Campenes 74400 Les Praz de Chamonix, France; Website (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 30, Moscow (1964)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112, in preparation (2023)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Main mass. Fell Feb 18 or 25, 1961. David Gheesling
Michel Franco, Caillou Noir
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Dave Gheesling
Space Jewels
Woreczko Jan & Wadi