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Hassi el Biod 004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: 124.3 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 334 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 11 Feb 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
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: |
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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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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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