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| Basic information | Name: Aoufous This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2000 Country: Morocco Mass:  195 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 272 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 85:
Aoufous Morocco Found 2000 March Achondrite (monomict eucrite) A 195 g stone was found by a person prospecting for meteorites. Mineralogy and classification (J. Barrat, UAng; P. Gillet, ENSL): contains numerous gray, subophitic, basaltic clasts (<5 mm) in a dark matrix; clasts and matrix have the same mineral compositions; plagioclase, An93; pyroxene, Fs61.9Wo2.5, n=10; clinopyroxene, Fs27.6Wo45.0, n=7. Specimens: 12 g plus thin section, ENSL; main mass with anonymous finder. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
ENSL: Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre, 46 allée d'Italie 69364 Lyon Cedex, France (institutional address; updated 27 Feb 2011) UAng: Université d'Angers, Faculté des Sciences, 2 bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers Cedex, France (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites from Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco This is 1 of 1929 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 27 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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