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El Blida 006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: El Blida 006 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2020 Country: Morocco Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 89 approved meteorites classified as LL7. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 6 May 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 110:
El Blida 006 29°51’32.98"N, 5°58’38.53"W Morocco Find: 2020 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7) History: Found by Ahmed Najii in 2020. Bought from Zaid Oualguirah in 2020 by Jean Redelsperger. Physical characteristics: One oriented fully crusted stone. Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Highly recrystallized brecciated chondrite. Lithic clasts show triple junction, plagioclase to 200 µm, and only rare relict chondrules. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa30.6 (n=1). Orthopyroxene Fs25.9±0.1Wo2.1±0.1 (n=3). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7, brecciated). Type 7 based on the Wo content of orthopyroxene and the texture. Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) |
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References: | Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1932 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 27 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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