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Zinder 003
Basic information Name: Zinder 003
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Niger
Mass:help 803 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Eucrite-melt breccia    [explanation]

This is 1 of 41 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-melt breccia.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 8 Aug 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Zinder 003

Niger

Find: June 2019

Classification: Eucrite melt breccia

History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Dark-grayish rock with minor fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite is a eucrite-melt breccia composed of up to several mm sized basaltic clasts set into dark melt rock matrix, which is fine-grained and vesicular melt-textured. Basaltic clasts often contain lath-shaped calcic plagioclase. The fine-grained melt rock is mostly recrystallized and mineral grains in contact with the melt are partly resorbed; some regions show flow textures.

Geochemistry: The rock contains low-Ca and Ca pyroxene. Low-Ca pyroxene is Fs60.2±2.0Wo3.0±1.8 (Fs54.3-62.4Wo1.7-9.1; n=24) and the Ca-pyroxene has Fs27.2±1.9Wo41.6±2.6 (Fs24.9-30.2Wo41.9-43.8; n=7); the mean Fe/Mn ratio of the pyroxenes is 34.6 (n=31). Calcic plagioclase has a composition of An89.7±1.6 (An86.6-92.4, n=23)

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Origin or pseudonym:Desert
Place of purchase:Moroccan Dealer
Date:June 2019
Mass (g):803.0
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite-melt breccia
Ferrosilite (mol%):60.2±2.0; 27.2±1.9
Wollastonite (mol%):3.0±1.8; 41.6±2.6
Classifier:K. Klemm, A. Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):22.8
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Decker Meteorite Museum
Comments:Working No.: De-12; submitted by K. Klemm, IfP; submitted by Klemm K.
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography:

Niger
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 72 approved meteorites from Niger (plus 3 unapproved names)

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