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| Basic information | Name: Lut 010 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: Iran Mass:  926 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2754 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL6. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 3 Oct 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Lut 010 30°28.038’N, 59°23.183’E Kerman, Iran Find: 2015 Mar 20 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6) History: Meteorite fragments were found close to each other in March 2015 during an expedition in the Lut desert of Iran, in the Rig-e Yalan region of the desert. A sample was sent to H. Pourkhorsandi in July 2015. Physical characteristics: No fusion crust is preserved. The fragments are dark brown, some of them with a black coating. Cut surfaces reveal rare metal grains and fractures. Petrography: Strongly recrystallized chondrite. Plagioclase up to 100 μm. Observation of polished sections prepared from three different fragments show variable weathering grade from W2 to W4. The larger fragments are the less weathered. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa26.3±0.8 (N=5), orthopyroxene Fs22.3±0.4Wo1.6±0.2 (N=3). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.18. Classification: LL6 Specimens: Type specimen 30 g and a polished section at CEREGE. Main mass with finder. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Statistics: This is 1 of 244 approved meteorites from Kerman, Iran This is 1 of 262 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 46 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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