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Smara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Smara This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2000 Country: Western Sahara Mass: 12.87 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 409 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 85:
Smara Western Sahara Found 2000 April Achondrite (polymict eucrite) A 12.87 kg stone was found by a person prospecting for meteorites. Mineralogy and classification (J. Barrat, UAng; P. Gillet, ENSL): a breccia containing various types of clasts, including subophitic basalts, granular microgabbros, gabbros, and impact melt clasts, in a fine- to medium-grained matrix; impact melt clasts are numerous and up to 1 cm in diameter. Specimens: 27 g plus two thin sections, 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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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 117 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms: |
Smara 001 (First meteorite in DCA) |