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Lahmada 019

Basic information

Name: Lahmada 019
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Western Sahara
Mass: 289 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	LL4
Recommended:			LL4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 372 approved meteorites classified as LL4. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 18 Jul 2015

Writeup

Writeup from MB 104:

Lahmada 019 27°38’54.1"N, 9°27’11.1"W

Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara

Find: 2014 Dec 16

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4)

Physical characteristics: Two stones without fusion crust. Cut surface reveals a weathered interior with large chondrules.

Petrography: Well-defined ,closely packed chondrules. Chondrule mesostasis devitrified.

Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Saguia el Hamra
Place of purchase:	Tan Tan
Date:	2014 Dec 16
Latitude:	27°38'54.1"N
Longitude:	9°27'11.1"W
Mass (g):	289
Pieces:	2
Class:	LL4
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	29.9±0.6 (PMD=2%, N=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	24.1 (N=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5
Magnetic suscept.:	3.43
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	22
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Jean Redelsperger
Finder:	Ali Naji
Comments:	Bought from Mohamed Elguirah; submitted by J. 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)

Catalogs:

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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Photos:

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Geography:

Western Sahara

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(27° 38' 54"N, 9° 27' 11"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 92 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara
This is 1 of 224 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 19 unapproved names)

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