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Akka 001

Basic information

Name: Akka 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: Morocco
Mass: 21 g

Classification
history:

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Acapulcoite [explanation]

This is 1 of 91 approved meteorites classified as Acapulcoite. [show all]
Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Acapulcoites, and Primitive achondrites

Comments:

Approved 9 Dec 2020

Writeup

Writeup from MB 109:

Akka 001 29°04’48"N, 8°51’26"W

South, Morocco

Find: 2020

Classification: Primitive achondrite (Acapulcoite)

History: Found by a meteorite hunter close to the village of Icht, Tata region, in Morocco.

Physical characteristics: A single, fully crusted stone.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Crystalline rock with triple junctions. Grain size ~250 μm. The main mineral is olivine. Other silicates are plagioclase and less abundant Ca-pyroxene. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_10.6±0.2, FeO/MnO = 26.0 (n=3). Ca-pyroxene Fs_4.7Wo_44.3, 1.45 wt% Cr₂O₃, FeO/MnO = 18.7 (n=2). Plagioclase An_17.1Ab_79.3Or_3.6(n=2).

Classification: Primitive achondrite (acapulcoite).

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with J. Bassemon.

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	South
Date:	2020
Latitude:	29°04'48"N
Longitude:	8°51'26"W
Mass (g):	20.96
Pieces:	1
Class:	Acapulcoite
Weathering grade:	minimal
Fayalite (mol%):	10.6±0.2 (n=3)
Magnetic suscept.:	5.11
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	4.5
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	J. Bassemon
Comments:	work name CM56; 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 10 Jun 2023)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)

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Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(29° 4' 48"N, 8° 51' 26"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 38 approved meteorites from South, Morocco
This is 1 of 1991 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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