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Abarkouh 007

Basic information

Name: Abarkouh 007
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: Iran
Mass: 1050 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 111	(2023)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 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 1 May 2022

Writeup

Writeup from MB 111:

Abarkouh 007 31.39653°N, 53.841478°E

Yazd, Iran

Find: 2020 May

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: Found in May 2020 close to the Ardan (Erdan) village in the Dehshir district, Taft county, Yazd province, Iran.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca,CEREGE) Highly recrystallized chondrite. Opaque minerals are Fe,Ni metal and troilite.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Yazd
Date:	2020 May
Latitude:	31.39653°N
Longitude:	53.841478°E
Mass (g):	1050
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Weathering grade:	W5
Fayalite (mol%):	24.9 (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.36 (n=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.9
Magnetic suscept.:	4.30
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	46
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Mohammadreza and Mohammadali Ardani
Finder:	Mohammadreza and Mohammadali Ardani
Comments:	work name CM86/Ardani#4; submitted by Jerome 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. 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:

Iran

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(31° 23' 48"N, 53° 50' 29"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Yazd, Iran
This is 1 of 390 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 1 unapproved name)

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