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Mdaouer 003

Basic information

Name: Mdaouer 003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Morocco
Mass: 158.6 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 111	(2023)	L3
Recommended:			L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 8 May 2022

Writeup

Writeup from MB 111:

Mdaouer 003 29°56’46"N, 6°58’19"W

South, Morocco

Find: 2021

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Unequilibrated chondrite with packed chondrules. Opaque minerals (metal and troilite) are essentially replaced by terrestrial weathering products.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_23.7±10.3, range Fa_7.9-38.5, Fa PMD 38%, Cr₂O₃ 0.029±0.055 wt% (n=9). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_15.4±6.6Wo_2.3±2.1, range Fs_10.3-29.0(n=7).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3). L group based on average Fa content of olivine and magnetic susceptibility.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jérémy Bassemon.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	South
Date:	2021
Latitude:	29°56'46"N
Longitude:	6°58'19"W
Mass (g):	158.6
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3
Weathering grade:	W5
Fayalite (mol%):	23.7±10.3 (n=9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.4±6.6 (n=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.3±2.1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.43
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	27.4
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Jérémy Bassemon
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name JB41; submitted by Jérôme 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)

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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:

Morocco

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(29° 56' 46"N, 6° 58' 19"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43 approved meteorites from South, Morocco
This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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