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| Basic information | Name: Awdar Labied 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: Western Sahara Mass:  6.06 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 225 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-br. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 16 May 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Awdar Labied 001 23.790°N, 13.759°W Western Sahara Find: 2020 Nov Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated) History: Found in November 2020 and purchased from a dealer in Ouarzazate, Morocco, by the ATTARIK Foundation in September 2021 for archiving and educational display at Hassan II University of Casablanca. Physical characteristics: One large stone (5072 g) lacking fusion crust plus many smaller fragments. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Breccia composed predominantly of crystalline debris with eucrite composition (predominantly exsolved pigeonite and calcic plagioclase) together with sparse lithic clasts with eucrite composition (with subophitic to intergranular textures and the same major mineralogy). Sparse larger grains of low-Ca pyroxene (up to 1.6 mm, lacking augite exsolution lamellae) and calcic plagioclase (up to 0.7 mm) are present. Accessory phases include silica polymorph, ilmenite, low-Ti chromite, troilite and rare pentlandite. Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene (Fs54.8-55.3Wo1.8-2.0, FeO/MnO = 32-33, N = 3), augite (Fs21.9-22.2Wo44.9-44.2, FeO/MnO = 29-35, N = 3), plagioclase (An88.6-92.2Or0.4-0.2, N = 3). Classification: Eucrite breccia. Specimens: 7.6 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder held by the ATTARIK Foundation at FSAC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB111 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
FSAC: Universite Hassan II Casablanca, Faculte des Sciences Ain Chock, Departement de Géologie, BP 5366 Maârif, Casablanca, Morocco (institutional address; updated 9 Jan 2013) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 272 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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