ARIDAL 014

 

Aridal 014

Found Sahara, 2012

Chondrite

H4

Specimen is a 2.00g slice



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Aridal 014
Basic information Name: Aridal 014
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Western Sahara
Mass: 2.94 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:   MB 104   (2015)   H4
Recommended:       H4    
Writeup Writeup from MB 104:
Aridal 014        25°38.026’N, 13°49.936’W
Rio de Oro, Western Sahara
Find: 2012 Feb 16-21
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)
History: Discovered by S. Vassiliev and M. Jost, T. Füllengraben and R. Bartoschewitz during a natural history expedition close to the astronomical point of Ammat el Quebch in the Boujdour area on 2012 Feb 16 and 21.
Physical characteristics: 38 brown stones totaling 2939.7 g; saw-cut shows chondrules set in fine-grained brown groundmass. Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.72.
Petrography: Recrystalized matrix with various types of chondrules up to 1.5 mm (average ~0,5 mm).
Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine: Fa18.7-19.4; av. Fa19.0±1.28 (n=14); pyroxene Fs16.2-17.5Wo1.2-1.5; av. Fs16.7±0.38Wo1.4±0.07 (n=10); kamacite Ni=7.0, Co=0.6 (all in wt.%).
Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (H4) of shock stage S3 and weathering grade W4.
Specimens: 45.7 g on deposit at FSAC
Institutions
   and collections
Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 2013-09-13)
FSAC: Universite Hassan II Casablanca, Faculte des Sciences Ain Chock, Departement de Géologie, BP 5366 Maârif, Casablanca, Morocco (institutional address; updated 2013-01-09)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 2019-11-30)

 

 

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