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Basic information | Name: Jdiriya 005 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: 35.6 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites classified as Aubrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Aubrites, Enstatite achondrites, and Enstatite-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 6 Aug 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Jdiriya 005 27°33’23.45"N, 10°31’29.87"W Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara Find: 2018 Classification: Enstatite achondrite (Aubrite) History: Found by Brahim Ikken in 2018. Bought By Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021. Physical characteristics: Several irregular dark pieces. Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, CEREGE) Coarse-grained unbrecciated rock with granular texture made up primarily of enstatite (61 vol%) with typical grain size 5mm. No relict chondrules are observed. Other silicates are sodic plagioclase (3.6 vol%) with typical gain size 700 μm, and Si-rich glass. Opaque minerals (35 vol%), under the form of mm sized rounded grains, are all weathered except Zn-rich daubreelite that makes up 0.2 vol% of the meteorite. Geochemistry: Enstatite Fs0.3±0.2Wo0.6±0.1, CaO 0.33±0.06 (n=6). Plagioclase An6.7±0.1Ab89.7±0.1Or3.6±0.1 (n=3). Daubréelite contains up to 6 wt% Zn. Classification: Aubrite. Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB111 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 112 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 275 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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