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| Basic information | Name: Arabian Peninsula 004 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: AP 004 Observed fall: No Year found: 2006 Country: United Arab Emirates Mass:  31 g | ||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 518 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 24 Jul 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 92:
Arabian Peninsula 004 United Arab Emirates Find: 2006 Achondrite (diogenite) Physical characteristics: A 31 g stone that is partially covered with a dull black fusion crust. Petrography: (T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU) Protogranular texture with several poikilitic grains of orthopyroxene host and rounded olivine inclusions. Mineral modes (vol%): orthopyroxene = 94, olivine = 4, chromite, metal and FeS = 2. Mineral compositions and geochemistry:orthopyroxene (Fs24.3Wo3.7; FeO/MnO = 28), olivine (Fa30.3; FeO/MnO = 45), chromite (Cr/(Cr+Al) = 66), metal (Ni = 3.1 wt%). Classification: Achondrite (diogenite); minimal shock, minimal weathering. Type specimen: A 7 g sample is on deposit at NAU. The main mass holder is anonymous. | ||||||||||||
| Data from: MB92 Table 6 Line 4: |
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| Institutions and collections |
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12
Knoles Dr
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 42 approved meteorites from United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||