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Gâra Djebilet 001
Basic information Name: Gâra Djebilet 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 70.9 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2880 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 14 Sep 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Gâra Djebilet 001        26°52’45.90"N, 7° 9’59.40"W

Tindouf, Algeria

Purchased: 2022 July

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6)

History: The meteorite was found April 2022 in western Algeria close to the iron mine of Gâra Djebilet.

Physical characteristics: Light grayish, very fragile specimen partly covered with fusion crust.

Petrography: The plagioclase grain size is about 70 μm.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Tindouf
Place of purchase:Spain
Date:P 2022 July
Latitude:26°52'45.90"N
Longitude:7° 9'59.40"W
Mass (g):70.9
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):29.2±0.1 (n=7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.8±0.2 (n=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7±0.3 (n=7)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):14.4
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Michel Haak
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (26° 52' 46"N, 7° 9' 59"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 50 approved meteorites from Tindouf, Algeria (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1270 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 29 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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