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Jdiriya 002

Basic information

Name: Jdiriya 002
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Western Sahara
Mass: 76.8 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:			Eucrite-mmict [explanation]

This is 1 of 272 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Approved 29 Nov 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Jdiriya 002 27°36.8356’N, 10°26.8614’W

Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara

Find: 2019 Apr 23

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict)

History: Found by Zaid Oualguirah on April 23, 2019. Bought from Zaid Oualguirah by Jean Redelsperger in May 2019.

Physical characteristics: A single crusted stone. Cut face reveals a light gray, brecciated interior.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Igneous rock with subophitic texture. Typical grain size 150 μm. Main minerals are exsolved pyroxene and plagioclase. Others minerals: chromite, silica polymorph, troilite. No metal was observed.

Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_61.2±1.4Wo_2.9±1.2, FeO/MnO=32.5±0.5 (n=4). Plagioclase An_86.1Ab_13.3Or_0.5(n=2).

Classification: Achondrite (Eucrite-mmict)

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Saguia el Hamra
Date:	2019 Apr 23
Latitude:	27°36.8356'N
Longitude:	10°26.8614'W
Mass (g):	76.8
Pieces:	1
Class:	Eucrite-mmict
Ferrosilite (mol%):	61.2±1.4 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.9±1.2
Magnetic suscept.:	2.64
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	15.5
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Jean Redelsperger
Finder:	Zaid Oualguirah
Comments:	work name JR073; 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)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Geography:

Western Sahara

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(27° 36' 50"N, 10° 26' 52"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 106 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara
This is 1 of 264 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 19 unapproved names)

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