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Hassi el Biod 004
Basic information Name: Hassi el Biod 004
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HeB 004
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 124.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 112  (2023)  Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
Recommended:  Lunar (feldsp. breccia)    [explanation]

This is 1 of 334 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia).   [show all]
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Comments: Approved 11 Feb 2023
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Writeup from MB 112:

Hassi el Biod 004 (HeB 004)        28.324°N, 5.106°E

Tamanghasset, Algeria

Purchased: 2022 Nov

Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)

History: Found in Algeria and purchased by Ziyao Wang in November 2022 from a dealer in Ouargla, Algeria.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Breccia composed of a variety of mineral clasts (anorthite, olivine, pigeonite, augite) plus some troctolitic lithic clasts set in a fine grained matrix containing taenite, troilite and Ti-chromite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa29.8-31.9, FeO/MnO = 92-101, N = 4), pigeonite (Fs28.3-29.3Wo5.4-9.9, FeO/MnO = 48-64, N = 4), augite (Fs14.2Wo37.8; Fs7.2Wo43.6; FeO/MnO = 37-48, N = 2), anorthite (An96.2-97.2Or0.1, N = 3), olivine in troctolitic clast (Fa18.8, FeO/MnO = 104).

Classification: Lunar (feldspathic breccia).

Specimens: 20.9 g including a polished endcut at UWB; remainder with WangZ.

Data from:
  MB112
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Tamanghasset
Place of purchase:Ouargla
Date:P 2022 Nov
Latitude:28.324°N
Longitude:5.106°E
Mass (g):124.3
Pieces:1
Class:Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):18.8; 29.8-31.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):28.2-29.3; 7.2-14.2
Wollastonite (mol%):5.4-9.9; 43.6-37.8
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):20.9
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:WangZ
Comments:Work name WZY-143; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections
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)
WangZ: Ziyao Wang, Hebei GEO University North Campus, Huai An dong road 127, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province , China (private address; updated 25 Jun 2021)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112, in preparation (2023)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (28° 19' 26"N, 5° 6' 22"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 426 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1344 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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