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Rabt Sbayta 013

Basic information

Name: Rabt Sbayta 013
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: 380 g

Classification
history:

Recommended:

LL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2853 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 8 Aug 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Rabt Sbayta 013 24°13’34"N, 14°38’07"W

Rio de Oro, Western Sahara

Find: 2020 Sep

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Highly recyrstallized chondrite with shock veins and melt pockets. No discerniblr chondrule was observed in the studied polished section. Opaque minerals are rare metal and troilite.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6).

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

Data from:
  MB110
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State/Prov/County:	Rio de Oro
Date:	2020 Sep
Latitude:	24°13'34"N
Longitude:	14°38'07"W
Mass (g):	380
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL6
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	31.2 (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	25.6 (n=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5
Magnetic suscept.:	3.52
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	20
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Jérémy Bassemon
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name JB17; 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::	(24° 13' 34"N, 14° 38' 7"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 42 approved meteorites from Rio de Oro, Western Sahara
This is 1 of 250 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names)

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