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Dayr al Aswad 002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Dayr al Aswad 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: Egypt Mass: 24 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 29 Jan 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Dayr al Aswad 002 30°43’36.23’’N, 28°05’25.59’’E Marsa Matruh, Egypt Find: 2021 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: The meteorite was found by Mr. Amr Khaled in 2020 and 2021 during several field trips to the northwestern Egyptian desert. Physical characteristics: Many dark brownish fragments mostly devoid of fusion crust. Petrography: Chondritic meteorite dominated by recrystallized matrix with few poorly defined chondrules. The plagioclase grain size is about 70 µm. Contains shock melt veins and pockets. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB111 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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References: | Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Chabot N. L., D’Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Komatsu M. and Miao B. (2023) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 111. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58, 901–904. ?
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Marsa Matruh, Egypt This is 1 of 129 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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