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Mdaouer 003

Basic information

Name: Mdaouer 003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Morocco
Mass: 158.6 g

Classification
history:

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L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 819 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 8 May 2022

Writeup

Writeup from MB 111:

Mdaouer 003 29°56’46"N, 6°58’19"W

South, Morocco

Find: 2021

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Unequilibrated chondrite with packed chondrules. Opaque minerals (metal and troilite) are essentially replaced by terrestrial weathering products.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_23.7±10.3, range Fa_7.9-38.5, Fa PMD 38%, Cr₂O₃ 0.029±0.055 wt% (n=9). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_15.4±6.6Wo_2.3±2.1, range Fs_10.3-29.0(n=7).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3). L group based on average Fa content of olivine and magnetic susceptibility.

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

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	South
Date:	2021
Latitude:	29°56'46"N
Longitude:	6°58'19"W
Mass (g):	158.6
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3
Weathering grade:	W5
Fayalite (mol%):	23.7±10.3 (n=9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.4±6.6 (n=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.3±2.1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.43
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	27.4
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Jérémy Bassemon
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name JB41; 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. 111, in preparation (2022)

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Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(29° 56' 46"N, 6° 58' 19"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 38 approved meteorites from South, Morocco
This is 1 of 1992 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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