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Erg Chech 006
Basic information Name: Erg Chech 006
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EC 006
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 400 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Diogenite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 498 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 19 Mar 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Erg Chech 006 (EC 006)        26.0555°N, 2.0797°W

Adrar, Algeria

Purchased: 2022

Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite)

History: The meteorite was found in the Adrar region, Algeria, close to the find location of Erg Chech 001 and purchased by the main mass holders from a meteorite dealer in Morocco.

Physical characteristics: One 272 g piece and several small brownish fragments some partly covered with fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite appears unbrecciated and shows a coarse-grained protogranular texture up to 2 mm sized orthopyroxene crystals with minor chromite, troilite, and rare kamacite.

Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs23.0±0.3Wo2.2±0.1 (Fs22.4-23.4Wo2.2-2.3, FeO/MnO=25-31, n=6)

Classification: Diogenite; likely paired with Erg Chech 001.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Adrar
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2022
Latitude:26.0555°N
Longitude:2.0797°W
Mass (g):400
Pieces:several
Class:Diogenite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:moderate
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.0
Wollastonite (mol%):2.2
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin and Klaus-Peter Martinek
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (26° 3' 20"N, 2° 4' 47"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 171 approved meteorites from Adrar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1194 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 28 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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