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| Basic information | Name: Talsint 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2020 Country: Morocco Mass:  9.37 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 569 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 13 Feb 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Talsint 002 32°52’26.7’’N, 3°34’43.4’’W Morocco Find: 11 October 2020 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: The meteorite was purchased from a dealer in Morocco. Physical characteristics: Three fragments weighing 9250, 70 and 50 g, respectively, have been recovered. They are almost completely covered by shiny black fusion crust and expose a fresh grayish interior. Petrography: The meteorite is a polymict breccia composed of up to 4 mm sized basaltic, black impact melt, and mineral clasts set into a fine-grained clastic matrix. Mineral phases are predominantly exsolved pyroxene and calcic plagioclase with grains sizes of about 50 to 800 µm. Minor phases include silica, ilmenite, chromite, and troilite. No metallic iron has been detected. Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs60.1±1.4Wo2.3±1.2 (Fs57.2-61.1Wo1.5-5.0, FeO/MnO=27-29, n=6); Ca-pyroxene: Fs29.1±0.9Wo40.5±1.1 (Fs27.4-30.0Wo39.3-42.7, FeO/MnO=29-31, n=6); calcic plagioclase: An90.5±0.9 (An89.2-91.8, n=6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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 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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