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| Basic information | Name: Libaros This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2002 Country: Argentina Mass:  6 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11372 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 29 Sep 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
Libaros 32°14’42"S, 59°00’11"W Entre Rios, Argentina Found: 28 May 2002 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: A single mass was plowed up by a farmer. Physical characteristics: A collection of ~12 heavily weathered fragments. Petrography: Chondrules distinct (dominantly porphyritic but also barred olivine, cryptocrystalline and radial pyroxene textures), up to 1 mm, often fractured, many truncated such that they appear to belong to breccia clasts, although boundaries are not well defined. Olivine shows only minor undulatory extinction and rare planar fractures, indicating weak shock deformation. Matrix is dark with moderate to heavy oxidation. Specimens: 20.9 g type specimen, including polished thin section, are on deposit at SI. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites from Entre Rios, Argentina This is 1 of 81 approved meteorites from Argentina (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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