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Basic information | Name: Swayyah 003 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: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 220 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 23 Jan 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 110:
Swayyah 003 26.470°N, 8.760°W Western Sahara Find: 2020 Feb Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia) History: Found in southern Morocco in February 2020 and purchased from the finder in Tindouf, Algeria, in March 2020. David Lehman is the American agent for the owners. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Breccia composed of mineral clasts of anorthite, olivine, low-Ca pyroxene, pigeonite and augite together with some lithic clasts (including basalt composed mainly of subparallel-intergrown lath-like plagioclase and acicular clinopyroxene) and glass fragments in a finer grained matrix. Accessory phases include ilmenite, baddeleyite, troilite, zirconolite and minor secondary barite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa17.1-37.1, FeO/MnO = 85-101, N = 5), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs7.6-38.6Wo3.3-4.8, FeO/MnO = 48-63, N = 5), pigeonite (Fs33.7-44.5Wo9.5-12.6, FeO/MnO = 54-62, N = 2), augite (Fs12.9-18.4Wo39.9-43.5, FeO/MnO = 43-49, N = 2), anorthite (An93.8-95.3Or0.3, N = 2). Classification: Lunar (feldspathic breccia). Specimens: 21.8 g including a polished mount at UWB; remainder with Mr. D. Lehman. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 233 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 19 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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