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El-Shaikh Fadl 005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: El-Shaikh Fadl 005 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: ESF 005 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: Egypt Mass: 538 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 52 approved meteorites classified as L-melt rock. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 14 Nov 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
El-Shaikh Fadl 005 (ESF 005) 28°14.96’N, 31°15.09’E Al Bahr al Ahmar, Egypt Found: Apr 2010 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L, melt rock) Petrography: (C. A. Lorenz, Vernad) The meteorite is fine to medium grained and lacking recognizable chondrules. The rock is composed of 50-100-μm-sized euhedral to subhedral grains of olivine and pyroxene and interstitial aggregate of feldspar (or feldspathic glass) and fine-grained (~20 μm) olivine and pyroxene. Accessory chromite. The rock has ~5 vol% of empty vugs. Iron Fe oxyhydroxides occur as 10-50-μm-sized irregular-shaped inclusions, scattered through the rock. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Statistics: This is 1 of 70 approved meteorites from Al Bahr al Ahmar, Egypt This is 1 of 129 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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