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| Basic information | Name: Zag This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1998 Country: Western Sahara Mass:  175 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 80 approved meteorites classified as H3-6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 83:
Zag Western Sahara or Morocco Fell 1998 August 4 or 5 Ordinary chondrite (H3-6) A meteorite fall was witnessed on a mountain in the vicinity of Zag, Morocco. About 175 kg have been sold by local people to dealers and collectors under the names Zag, Sagd, and Tan-Tan. Classification and mineralogy (A. Bischoff and D. Weber, Mün): a regolith breccia (pers. comm., R. Wieler, ETH); olivine, Fa1.6–30.0, with peak at Fa19; pyroxene, Fs3.3–26.6 with peak at Fs17; shock stage, S3; weathering grade, W0/1. Specimens: 26.6 kg, JNMC; type specimens, ETH and Mün. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
ETH: Institut für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Sonneggstrasse 5, ETH Zentrum, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland (institutional address; updated 15 Sep 2017) JNMC: jnmczurich, P.O. Box 208, CH-8155 Niederhasli, Switzerland; Website (private address; updated 4 Feb 2014) Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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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: |
Sagd (In NHM Cat) Tan-Tan (In NHM Cat) Zag (a) (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||