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Tindouf 006
Basic information Name: Tindouf 006
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 310 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Eucrite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 554 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 6 Feb 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Tindouf 006        27°22’26.6"N, 7°46’15.3"W

Tindouf, Algeria

Find: 2020 Feb

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)

History: Many pieces of the meteorite totaling 310 g were found February 2020 in the Tindouf area (Algeria) and purchased from a meteorite dealer in Mauritania.

Physical characteristics: Grayish rock with some light clasts.

Petrography: The meteorite is a brecciated eucrite composed of up to several mm-sized basaltic clasts and abundant mineral clasts set into a fine-grained matrix. Besides abundant plagioclase and pyroxenes, grains of metal, Fe-sulfide, ilmenite, and an SiO2-phase were found as accessory minerals.

Geochemistry: The mean olivine composition is Fa22. The rock contains low-Ca and Ca-pyroxene. Low-Ca pyroxene is Fs57.9±2.0Wo2.9±1.4 (range Fs53.1-62.8Wo1.8-8.0; mean Fe/Mn=31.6; n=21) and the Ca-pyroxene has Fs25.9±1.1Wo41.3±1.1 (range Fs23.8-28.3Wo38.4-42.8; mean Fe/Mn=28.8; n=14). Calcic plagioclase has a composition of An88.2±2.0 (range An82.6-91.2, n=22).

Classification: Eucrite breccia

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Tindouf
Origin or pseudonym:Desert
Place of purchase:Dealer in Mauritania
Date:2020 Feb
Latitude:27°22'26.6"N
Longitude:7°46'15.3"W
Mass (g):310.0
Pieces:many
Class:Eucrite
Ferrosilite (mol%):57.9±2.0;25.9±1.1
Wollastonite (mol%):2.9±1.4;41.3±1.1
Classifier:K. Klemm, A. Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):22.9
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Decker Meteorite Museum
Comments:Working No.: DE-2020/16, suggested name Tindouf 007; submitted by Klemm K.
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (27° 22' 27"N, 7° 46' 15"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 48 approved meteorites from Tindouf, Algeria (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1187 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 28 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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