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Nagjir 002
Basic information Name: Nagjir 002
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Western Sahara
Mass:help 1724 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Eucrite-pmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 379 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 11 Dec 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Nagjir 002        23.750°N, 14.250°W

Rio de Oro, Western Sahara

Purchased: 2021 May

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, polymict)

History: A single stone found by a camel shepherd about 9 km NE of El Uaara, Western Sahara, was purchased by Space Birds (France) in May 2021.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Breccia containing some lithic eucrite clasts (exhibiting a variety of textures and grainsizes), but composed mainly of related crystalline debris plus minor (<10 vol.%) diogenitic orthopyroxene. Diverse types of clinopyroxene are present including zoned pigeonite and relatively ferroan low-Ca pyroxene and augite, as well as calcic plagioclase, silica polymorph, ilmenite, low-Ti chromite, baddeleyite and troilite.

Geochemistry: Diogenitic orthopyroxene (Fs16.8Wo1.4, FeO/MnO = 26), pigeonite (cores 32.1-34.7Wo5.9-6.4, FeO/MnO = 29, N = 2; rims Fs54.9-55.7Wo5.6-6.4, FeO/MnO = 31-32 , N = 2), ferroan pigeonite (Fs46.3-49.3Wo12.1-12.9, FeO/MnO = 27-31, N = 2), ferroan low-Ca pyroxene (Fs54.4Wo2.6, FeO/MnO = 35), ferroan subcalcic augite (Fs45.2Wo25.2, FeO/MnO = 31), ferroan augite (Fs58.9Wo35.9, FeO/MnO = 46), plagioclase (An81.6-93.1Or1.4-0.3, N = 4).

Classification: Eucrite (polymict breccia).

Specimens: 20.3 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Space Birds (France).

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Rio de Oro
Place of purchase:Agadir
Date:P 2021 May
Latitude:23.750°N
Longitude:14.250°W
Mass (g):1724
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite-pmict
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:low
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.8; 32.1-34.7; 54.4; 54.9-55.7; 46.3-49.3; 45.2;
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4; 5.9-6.4; 2.6; 5.6-6.4; 12.1-12.9; 25.2; 35.9
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):20.3
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:Space Birds (424 Chemin du Flaquier Sud, 06530 Le Tignet, France)
Comments:Work name BL01; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Geography:

Western Sahara
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (23° 45'N, 14° 15'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 45 approved meteorites from Rio de Oro, Western Sahara
     This is 1 of 259 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names)
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