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| Basic information | Name: Agoult This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2000 Country: Morocco Mass:  82 g | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 616 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 85:
Agoult Morocco Found 2000 March Morocco Achondrite (unbrecciated eucrite) An 82 g stone was found by a person prospecting for meteorites. Mineralogy and classification (J. Barrat, UAng; P. Gillet, ENSL): a crusted stone; broken surfaces show a homogeneous, sugary textured interior; many 120º contacts are present between grains; pyroxene ranges from Fs58.9Wo4.4 to Fs30.6Wo41.1; bulk composition shows a flat rare earth pattern with a small positive Eu anomaly. Specimens: 14 g plus thin section, ENSL; main mass with anonymous finder. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
ENSL: Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre, 46 allée d'Italie 69364 Lyon Cedex, France (institutional address; updated 27 Feb 2011) UAng: Université d'Angers, Faculté des Sciences, 2 bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers Cedex, France (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites from Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco This is 1 of 2163 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 32 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||
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