EL ATCHANE 021

 

El Atchane 021

Found Sahara, 2023

Chondrite

LL6

Specimen is 11.73g, as found



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El Atchane 021
Basic information Name: El Atchane 021
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.

Observed fall: No
Year found: 2023
Country: Algeria
Mass: 1476 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:       LL6    
Writeup Writeup from MB 113:
El Atchane 021        29°54’24.8’’N, 4°8’13.8’’E
Ouargla, Algeria
Purchased: 2023
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6)
Petrography: (K. Metzler, IfP) Brecciated ordinary chondrite, consisting of chondritic lithic clasts, embedded in a fine-grained clastic matrix of related debris. Clasts and matrix are strongly recrystallized. Many secondary feldspar grains with sizes > 50 µm.
Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: Mean olivine composition: Fa31.5±0.5 (Fa30.9-32.6; n=12); mean low-Ca pyroxene composition: Fs25.0±0.3Wo1.7±0.2 (Fs24.5-25.3Wo1.4-2.0; n=8).
Classification: LL chondrite based on mineral chemistry. Petrologic type 6 due to the equilibrated state of olivine and pyroxene and grain size of secondary plagioclase.
Specimens: Salamu Adid 760 g; largest piece 443 g. Mohamed Ali Loud 716 g
Institutions
   and collections
IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 2012-01-23)

 

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