| Oued El Hamim 001 | |||||
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| Basic information | Name: Oued El Hamim 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: OEH 001 Observed fall: No Year found: 2024 Country: Libya Mass: 22.38 kg | ||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 36 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (frag. breccia). | ||||
| Comments: | Approved 18 Oct 2024 | ||||
| Writeup | Oued El Hamim 001 (OEH 001) 30.14854°N, 21.067456°E Ajdabiya, Libya Find: 2024 Classification: Lunar meteorite (frag. breccia) History: Three stones, 12.6, 6.0, and 3.78 kg, purchased by Mark Lyon from a Libyan meteorite dealer in 2024. Physical characteristics: Three large identical appearing stones found together. Exterior is desert weathered and light brown in color, with no fusion crust present. Saw-cut polished-slice surfaces show fragments of white feldspar, clasts of various sizes, all set in a gray-green fine-grained groundmass. Petrography: Electron microprobe analysis and imagery indicate a lunar fragmental breccia with clasts of minerals and rocklets. Major phases are plagioclase, clinopyroxene and olivine. Minor phases include Cr-spinel, ilmenite, and troilite. Altered olivines are ubiquitous. Altered olivines are reddish in color and have low microprobe totals suggesting that they have been transformed into an iddingsite-like phase. Microprobe mapping shows contact boundaries between unaltered olivine and iddingsite, supporting a secondary alteration scenario. Vesicular shock melt domains are common throughout. Classification: Lunar fragmental breccia with some olivines displaying features consistent with aqueous alteration. | ||||
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