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Ouargla 003
Basic information Name: Ouargla 003
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 68.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  Martian (shergottite)
Recommended:  Martian (shergottite)    [explanation]

This is 1 of 300 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as Martian (shergottite).   [show all]
Search for other: Martian meteorites
Comments: Approved 9 Aug 2019
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Writeup from MB 108:

Ouargla 003        31.466237°N, 5.325944°E

Ouargla, Algeria

Find: 2018

Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)

History: Five matching fragments were purchased from the Moroccan dealer in 2019 totaling 68.40 g.

Physical characteristics: The meteorite has a greyish appearance without fusion crust.

Petrography: (A. Bischoff, IfP). The rock is coarse-grained and consists of up to mm-sized grains of pyroxene (intergrowth of low-Ca- and Ca-pyroxene; approximately 60 vol%) and interstitial maskelynite grains (~40 vol%). Plagioclase is completely transformed into maskelynite. Pyroxene is strongly fractured and has shock-induced mosaic extinction.

Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: (K. Klemm and S. Lentfort, IfP). Zoned low-Ca pyroxene is Fs39-62En22-44Wo11-17 (average: Fs52.1±7.0En33.8±7.2Wo14.1±1.5; n= 11). Ca-pyroxene is Fs26.0±5.0En42.3±4.8Wo31.7±1.3, on average (n=14). The pyroxenes have mean Fe/Mn = 35.0. Plagioclase is An51.2±4.7Ab47.1±4.8Or1.7±0.4 on average (n=9) and varies (An42-57Ab41-56Or0.4-2.3).

Classification: Martian (Shergottite)

Specimens: 13.5 g and polished thin section at IfP

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Ouargla
Place of purchase:Marrakech (Morocco)
Date:2018
Latitude:31.466237°N
Longitude:5.325944°E
Mass (g):68.4
Pieces:1
Class:Martian (shergottite)
Ferrosilite (mol%):52.1±7.0 (n=11); 26.0±5.0 (n=14)
Wollastonite (mol%):14.1±1.5; 31.7±1.3
Classifier:K.Klemm, Addi Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):13.7
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:S. Decker, Meteorite-Museum, 55430 Oberwesel, Germany
Comments:Work name DE-2019/02; submitted by Klemm K.
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (31° 27' 58"N, 5° 19' 33"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 45 approved meteorites from Ouargla, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1306 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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