Wan Zawatin 001

Name: Wan Zawatin 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: WZ 001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: Libya
Mass: 440 g

Meteoritical Bulletin:   (2023)  Achondrite-ung
Recommended:  Achondrite-ung  

This is 1 of 169 approved meteorites classified as Achondrite-ung.  

Approved 11 Dec 2022

Wan Zawatin 001 (WZ 001)        29.077°N, 10.743°E

Ghadamis, Libya

Purchased: 2022 Aug

Classification: Ungrouped achondrite

History: Found in northwestern Libya and purchased by Aziz Habibi in August 2022 from a dealer in Agadir, Morocco.

Physical characteristics: The exterior of this distinctive specimen (440 g) is partially coated by thin translucent fusion crust varying in color from beige to almost black. The fresh interior is overall almost pure white in color and is composed predominantly of white prismatic grains with subordinate yellow-green equant grains.

Petrography: Relatively coarse grained aggregate with some finer granular regions (mean grainsize ~0.7 mm). Composed predominantly of anorthite (76 vol.%) and subordinate orthopyroxene (24 vol.%) together with accessory low-Ti chromite and troilite. 

Classification: Achondrite (ungrouped, anorthite-rich with diogenitic affinities). Despite the apparent mineralogical and oxygen isotopic affinities with diogenites, it is recommended that such a highly feldspathic achondrite should not be called a diogenite (even a noritic diogenite). 


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