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Talrhaïcht 001

Basic information

Name: Talrhaïcht 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: 151 g

Classification
history:

Recommended:

LL6-melt breccia [explanation]

This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites classified as LL6-melt breccia. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 13 Feb 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Talrhaïcht 001 28°53’23"N, 8°44’50"W

Morocco

Find: 2020

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6, melt breccia)

Physical characteristics: Crusted stone. Cut surface reveals cm sized chondritic clast set in a black melt rock matrix.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Clasts of highly recrystallized ordinary chondrite with some triple junctions and plagioclase to 200 µm set in a melt rock matrix.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6-melt breccia).

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

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
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Date:	2020
Latitude:	28°53'23"N
Longitude:	8°44'50"W
Mass (g):	151
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL6-melt breccia
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	31.2 (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	25.6±0.2 (n=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.9±0.2
Magnetic suscept.:	3.70
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	20.9
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Jeremy Bassemon
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name JB03; 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 29 Oct 2018)

Catalogs:

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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Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(28° 53' 23"N, 8° 44' 50"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1932 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 27 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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