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Zagora 011

Basic information

Name: Zagora 011
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: Morocco
Mass: 2.55 kg

Classification
history:

Recommended:

Eucrite-br [explanation]

This is 1 of 220 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-br. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Approved 20 Jun 2022

Writeup

Writeup from MB 111:

Zagora 011 30°18’28"N, 5°32’50"W

South, Morocco

Purchased: 2022 March 31

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated)

History: Found in Morocco on July 5, 2021

Petrography: (K. Metzler, IfP) Fine-grained achondritic breccia, consisting of eucritic lithic clasts with ophitic textures and monomineralic fragments (pyroxene, plagioclase) set in a recrystallized fine-grained clastic matrix of related debris. Most pyroxenes exhibit augite exsolution lamellae. Accessories are troilite, ilmenite, and a silica polymorph

Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene (host): Fs_51.2±0.5Wo_2.6±0.4(Fs_50.5-52.2Wo_2.2-3.3); mean Fe/Mn (at.): 32.1; n=10. Ca-rich pyroxene (exsolution lamellae) Fs_22.1±0.5Wo_41.1±0.4(Fs_21.3-22.9Wo_40.3-41.7); n=10. Plagioclase An_89.3±1.5Or_0.2±0.3(An_87.4-91.2Or_0.0-0.8); n=7

Classification: Brecciated eucrite, based on texture and mineral chemistry

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	South
Place of purchase:	Morocco
Date:	P 2022 March 31
Latitude:	30°18'28"N
Longitude:	5°32'50"W
Mass (g):	2550
Pieces:	Several
Class:	Eucrite-br
Shock stage:	Moderate
Weathering grade:	Moderate
Ferrosilite (mol%):	51.2±0.5; 22.1±0.5
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.6±0.4; 41.1±0.4
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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Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(30° 18' 28"N, 5° 32' 50"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 35 approved meteorites from South, Morocco
This is 1 of 1973 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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