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Ain Ben Tili 001

Basic information

Name: Ain Ben Tili 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Mauritania
Mass: 6.81 kg

Classification
history:

Recommended:

L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12281 approved meteorites (plus 8 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 23 Jul 2022

Writeup

Writeup from MB 111:

Ain Ben Tili 001 25°06’14.54’’N, 09°23’58.22’’W

Tiris Zemmour, Mauritania

Find: 2021

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Five fragments almost completely covered with fresh fusion crust were found mid 2021 by nomads in northern Mauritania and subsequently purchased by the main mass holder from a meteorite dealer in Morocco.

Petrography: Strongly recrystallized ordinary chondrite with sparse relict chondrules. The plagioclase grain size is about 70 μm. Contains shock melt veins.

Geochemistry: olivine: Fa_24.3±0.4(Fa_23.8-24.9, n=5); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs_20.2±0.2Wo_1.7±0.2(Fs_20.0-20.5Wo_1.2-1.9, n=5); Ca-pyroxene: Fs_7.3±0.4Wo_44.9±0.3(Fs_6.7-7.8Wo_44.5-45.5, n=5)

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Tiris Zemmour
Place of purchase:	Morocco
Date:	2021
Latitude:	25°06'14.54''N
Longitude:	09°23'58.22''W
Mass (g):	6812
Pieces:	5
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.2; 7.3
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.7; 44.9
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	23.3
Type spec location:	MNB
Main mass:	Mateusz Szyszka
Comments:	Submitted by Ansgar Greshake

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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)

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Geography:

Mauritania

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(25° 6' 15"N, 9° 23' 58"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 19 approved meteorites from Tiris Zemmour, Mauritania (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 191 approved meteorites from Mauritania (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 2 impact craters)

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