Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Istifane 003

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Istifane 003

Basic information

Name: Istifane 003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: Morocco
Mass: 18.5 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 92	(2007)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8266 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 24 Jul 2007

Writeup

Writeup from MB 92:

Istifane 003 31°29.150'N, 5°43.027'W

Morocco

Find: 17 August 2005

Ordinary chondrite (L5)

Physical characteristics: It is 18.5 g stone, partly covered by dark-brown fusion crust.

Mineral compositions: (A. Ibhi and H. Nachit IZU, H. Chennaoui Aoujehane UHAC) Olivine (Fa_24.9_±_0.7), orthopyroxene (Fs_21.4_±_0.6), Feldspar (An₁₁Or₆), high-Ca pyroxene (Fs_10.6Wo₄₁).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5), W2.

Type specimens: Three thin sections and three fragments totaling 10.4 g are on deposit at IZU.

Data from:
  MB92
  Table 1
  Line 25:

State/Prov/County:	Istifane region, south eastern Morocco
Date:	17-Aug-2005
Latitude:	31°29.150’N
Longitude:	5°43.027’W
Mass (g):	18.5
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S5
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	24.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.4
Type spec mass (g):	18.5

Institutions
and collections

IZU: Laboratory of Petrology, Mineralogy and Materials, Ibn Zohr University, Faculty of Sciences, Agadir, BP 8106, Morocco (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2011)
UHAC: Universite Hassan II Casablanca, Faculte des Sciences Ain Chock, Departement de Géologie, BP 5366 Maârif, Casablanca, Morocco (institutional address; updated 9 Jan 2013)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)

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Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(31° 29' 9"N, 5° 43' 2"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 73 approved meteorites from Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1837 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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