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Erg Chech 005
Basic information Name: Erg Chech 005
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EC 005
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 584 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Eucrite-melt breccia    [explanation]

This is 1 of 75 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-melt breccia.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 15 Jan 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Erg Chech 005 (EC 005)        26°08’35’’N, 02°23’21’’W

Adrar, Algeria

Purchased: 2021 Dec

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, melt breccia)

History: Purportedly found in June 2021 within the Erg Chech DCA in Algeria.

Petrography: (K. Metzler, IfP) Polymict achondritic melt breccia, consisting of lithic clasts (diogenitic pyroxenite, Fe,Ni-metal-bearing melt rocks up to ~5 mm) and mineral fragments (eucritic and diogenitic pyroxenes, plagioclase), embedded in large amounts of crystallized melt. Accessories are chromium spinel, troilite, silica polymorph, and Ni-bearing metallic iron (mostly weathered).

Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: Eucritic pyroxene: Fs37.6±1.9Wo10.4±2.0 (Fs35.3-39.6Wo8.6-13.1); mean Fe/Mn (at.): 31.6; n=6. Diogenitic pyroxene: Fs26.2±2.8Wo1.5±0.2 (Fs22.2-31.1Wo1.3-1.9); mean Fe/Mn (at.): 28.2; n=9. Plagioclase An90.7±1.7Or0.2±0.3 (An86.3-92.6Or0.0-0.8); n=12.

Classification: Eucrite (melt breccia), based on texture and mineral chemistry.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Adrar
Place of purchase:Mauritania
Date:P 2021 Dec
Latitude:26°08'35''N
Longitude:02°23'21''W
Mass (g):584
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite-melt breccia
Shock stage:high
Weathering grade:high
Ferrosilite (mol%):37.6±1.9
Wollastonite (mol%):10.4±2.0
Classifier:K. Metzler, IfP
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Meteorite Museum & Shop, Stephan Decker, Oberwesel, Germany
Comments:Submitted by K. Metzler, IfP
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)
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Public domain photographs:
Knut Metzler   
Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (26° 8' 35"N, 2° 23' 21"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 187 approved meteorites from Adrar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1270 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 29 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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