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| Basic information | Name: Kalahari 009 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1999 Country: Botswana Mass:  13.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (basalt). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 89:
Kalahari 009 Kalahari, Botswana Found 1999, September Lunar meteorite (basaltic fragmental breccia) A single stone of about 13.5 kg was found in September 1999 by an anonymous finder in front of a sand dune within the Kalahari desert, roughly 50 m apart from Kalahari 008. The rock is different to the Kalahari 008 anorthositic breccia. It has a heavily brecciated texture and is basaltic in composition. The sample does not contain solar wind implanted rare gases (L. Schultz, Mainz). Classification and mineralogy (Anna Sokol and Addi Bischoff, Mün): olivine, Fa50-99.9 (mostly Fa80-95); pyroxene is highly variable (Fs22-67 En10-64 Wo6-41); plagioclase An86-96 (very few plagioclase have more albitic composition, An70-80). The shock stage of the rock is S4; the weathering grade is W1; however, calcite veins are present. Oxygen isotopic composition: δ18O = +6.87‰; δ17O = +3.45‰ (R. N. Clayton, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A.); concentrations of selected elements (XRF or INAA; H. Palme, G. Weckwerth, Institut für Mineralogie und Geochemie, Universität zu Köln, Germany) in wt%: Al: 6.76; Mg: 5.14; Fe: 12.47; Ca: 7.66. Zr/Hf = 30.2 and Nd/Ta= 17.4 (Münker, Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster, Münster, Germany). Specimen: Type specimen, 20 g and polished thin section, Mün; main mass, anonymous finder. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB89 Table 1 Line 45: |
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| Institutions and collections |
Köln: Universität zu Köln, Institut für Mineralogie und Geochemie, Zülpicher Straße 49 b, 50674 Köln, Germany (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015) Mainz: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015) Mün: 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. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Ngamiland, Botswana This is 1 of 12 approved meteorites from Botswana (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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