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Aydar 008

Basic information

Name: Aydar 008
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Morocco
Mass: 122 g

Classification
history:

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Lodranite [explanation]

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Comments:

Approved 26 May 2022

Writeup

Writeup from MB 111:

Aydar 008 27°49’32.9"N, 10°31’04.1"W

South, Morocco

Find: 2017

Classification: Primitive achondrite (Lodranite)

History: Found by Elhoussine Elguirah. Bought by Isabelle Pothier from Mohamed Elguirah.

Physical characteristics: Dark brown irregular stone. Cut surface reveals a coarse grained crystallized rock.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Granoblastic rock with olivine, low-Ca pyroxene and Ca-pyroxene. Grain size 3 mm. Other minerals: metal, troilite, and their weathering products. Weathering is high.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_10.5±0.3, FeO/MnO 23.0±4.3 (n=5). Pyroxenes: orthopyroxene Fs_9.7Wo_1.2(n=1), Ca-pyroxene Fs_3.8Wo_45.1(n=2), FeO/MnO 11.4±1.7, Cr₂O₃ 0.66±0.34 wt% (n=3).

Classification: Primitive achondrite (lodranite). Lodranite based on texture, mineralogy, mineral chemistry and grain size.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Isabelle Pothier.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	South
Place of purchase:	Morocco
Date:	2017
Latitude:	27°49'32.9"N
Longitude:	10°31'04.1"W
Mass (g):	122
Pieces:	3
Class:	Lodranite
Weathering grade:	high
Fayalite (mol%):	10.5±0.3 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	9.7 (n=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.2
Magnetic suscept.:	4.49
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	22
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Isabelle Pothier
Finder:	Elhoussine Elguirah
Comments:	work name CM98; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)

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Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(27° 49' 33"N, 10° 31' 4"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites from South, Morocco
This is 1 of 1871 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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