Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Adrar Sottouf 001

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Adrar Sottouf 001

Basic information

Name: Adrar Sottouf 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: Western Sahara
Mass: 830 g

Classification
history:

Recommended:

H4 [explanation]

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Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 23 Aug 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Adrar Sottouf 001 22°15’22"N, 15°09’21"W

Dakhla, Western Sahara

Find: 2020 Dec

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with packed well-delineated chondrules with average apparent diameter 570±230 µm (n=34). Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa PMD 1.4 %.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4).

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jérémy Bassemon

Data from:
  MB110
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State/Prov/County:	Dakhla
Date:	2020 Dec
Latitude:	22°15'22"N
Longitude:	15°09'21"W
Mass (g):	830
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	18.1±0.4 (n=16)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.6±0.1 (n=8)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.1±0.1
Magnetic suscept.:	5.20
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	21
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Jérémy Bassemon
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name JB19; submitted by Jerome Gattacceca

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)

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Geography:

Western Sahara

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(22° 15' 22"N, 15° 9' 21"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Dakhla, Western Sahara
This is 1 of 254 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names)

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