Meteorite: 30.88 gram erg chech 2 slice

Description

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Up for sale here is a 30.88 gram erg chech 2 slice
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Erg Chech 002
Basic information
Name:
Erg Chech 002
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation:
EC 002
Observed fall:
No
Year found:
2020
Country:
Algeria
Mass:
31.78 kg
Classification
history:
Recommended:
Achondrite-ung
[explanation]
This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites classified as Achondrite-ung.
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Achondrites
,
Ungrouped achondrites
Comments:
Approved 19 Jul 2020
Revised 9 Aug 2020: Updated information
Writeup
Writeup from MB 109:
Erg Chech 002
(EC 002)        26.032°N, 1.611°W
Adrar, Algeria
Find: 2020 May
Classification: Ungrouped achondrite
History
: Numerous stones containing distinctive large greenish crystals were found in May 2020 near Bir Ben Takoul, southern Algeria, within the Erg Chech sand sea. Three of these stones (weighing 1839, 467, and 207 g) were obtained by Rachid Chaoui, and two of them were subsequently purchased by Mark Lyon and one by Jason Utas. Additional stones (110, 178, 355, 360, 408, 480, 550, 587, 750, 805, 855, 1071, 1175, 1417, 1857, 2647, 3485, 3910, 4130, and 4140 g) were purchased in June and July 2020 from different Moroccan dealers by Ben Hoefnagels, Eric Twelker, Luc Labenne, Darryl Pitt, Vincent Jacques, Ziyao Wang, Marcin Cimała, Adam Aaronson, Michael Farmer and Aziz Habibi.
Physical characteristics
: The stones under classification (combined weight 31.783 kg) lack fusion crust, and have an overall relatively coarse grained, tan and beige appearance with sporadic larger green, yellow-green and less commonly yellow-brown crystals (up to 9 cm by 4 cm in some specimens). Some minor reddish-brown staining is evident in the groundmass regions. This classification is based on direct analysis of samples from the 1839 g stone augmented by examination of photographs and descriptions of other stones found with them.
Petrography
: (A. Irving,
UWS
and P. Carpenter,
WUSL
) Unbrecciated igneous texture. Sporadic pyroxene megacrysts (ranging in size from 1.7 to 11.5 mm in the studied thin section), exhibiting angular or ellipsoidal and embayed shapes, and comprising orthopyroxene (of varying composition), pigeonite and augite occur within a dominant, medium to relatively coarse grained groundmass. The cores of each of the analyzed megacrysts are fairly homogeneous in composition, but all are mantled by zones of different composition and distinct, fine grained rim overgrowths against the groundmass parallel to grain outlines (irrespective of geometry). Some low-Ca pyroxene cores contain thin lamellae and some larger inclusions (up to 300 µm) of Ti-poor chromite. The groundmass representing the major portion of the specimens (mean grainsize ~1.5 mm) is composed predominantly of exsolved pigeonite (commonly as radiating clusters of prismatic grains) and lath-like sodic plagioclase (zoned from irregular oligoclase cores to albitic rims with oriented dagger-like K-feldspar exsolution blades) together with accessory Ti-chromite, ilmenite (some as rims on chromite), troilite, silica polymorph (with a curved "fish-scale" fracture pattern suggestive of cristobalite), merrillite, and rare Ni-poor metal (in composite grain clusters with ilmenite, Ti-chromite and troilite). Secondary weathering products include minor goethite after primary troilite and metal, and sporadic very thin veinlets of calcite.
Geochemistry
: Orthopyroxene megacryst #1 (core Fs
17.7
Wo
3.3
; mantle Fs
23.4-31.1
Wo
3.4-3.8
; rim Fs
37.6-42.5
Wo
2.9-3.3
; FeO/MnO = 21-26, Cr
2
O
3
= 0.3-0.5 wt.%; N = 6), orthopyroxene megacryst #2 (core Fs
14.4±0.0
Wo
2.2-2.3
; mantle Fs
19.2-28.7
Wo
2.0-2.1
; rim Fs
33.1-36.8
Wo
2.8-3.5
; FeO/MnO = 17-26; Cr
2
O
3
= 0.3-1.0 wt.%; N = 7), orthopyroxene megacryst #3 (core Fs
22.8
Wo
1.2
; mantle Fs
30.8
Wo
2.2
; rim Fs
43.5
Wo
2.5
; FeO/MnO = 16-23; Cr
2
O
3
= 0.2-0.4 wt.%; N = 3), pigeonite megacryst (core Fs
21.3
Wo
7.0
; mantle Fs
23.4
Wo
11.8
; rim Fs
40.7
Wo
5.0
; FeO/MnO = 17-20; Cr
2
O
3
= 0.3-0.8 wt.%; N = 3), augite megacryst (core Fs
14.7-19.4
Wo
38.5-30.2
; rim Fs
24.7
Wo
38.1
; FeO/MnO = 15-18; Cr
2
O
3
= 1.1 wt.%; N = 4), groundmass exsolved pigeonite (low-Ca pyroxene host Fs
42.3-52.2
Wo
2.9-4.6
, FeO/MnO = 21-23, N = 6; augite exsolution lamellae Fs
18.1-25.9
Wo
40.8-38.1
, FeO/MnO = 18-22, N = 5), groundmass plagioclase (oligoclase cores and intergrown with pyroxene megacrysts Ab
68.8-79.0
An
26.7-17.9
Or
4.4-2.6
, N = 6; albitic rims on laths Ab
84.4-86.7
An
11.4-7.1
Or
4.2-7.0
, N = 5), K-feldspar exsolution blade in albite (Or
84.1
Ab
11.3
An
4.6
), Fe metal (Ni = 0.13-0.18 wt.%, N = 2). Oxygen isotopes (K. Ziegler,
UNM
): analyses of acid-washed subsamples of groundmass and an orthopyroxene megacryst by laser fluorination gave, respectively: groundmass δ
17
O 1.548, 1.788, 1.831, 1.773; δ
18
O 3.201, 3.657, 3.728, 3.593; Δ
17
O -0.142, -0.143, -0.137, -0.123 (linearized, all per mil, TFL slope = 0.528); megacryst δ
17
O 1.780, 1.639, 1.682; δ
18
O 3.594, 3.329, 3.379; Δ
17
O -0.117, -0.119, -0.103 (linearized, all per mil, TFL slope = 0.528). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10
-9
m
3
/kg) = 3.06.
Classification
: Achondrite (ungrouped, gabbroic with pyroxene megacrysts, sodic). Although the exsolved pigeonite in this meteorite is reminiscent of pyroxene in typical eucrites (with the notable exception of systematically much lower FeO/MnO ratios), the highly sodic and mildly potassic plagioclase is very different from the much more calcic plagioclase in eucrites (typically bytownite to anorthite, and only rarely as sodic as calcic labradorite Ab
33
An
67
). The cores of orthopyroxene megacrysts differ from typical diogenitic orthopyroxene in usually being more magnesian, more Cr-rich and having lower FeO/MnO ratios. Oxygen isotopes (Δ
17
O values) plot between the field for the majority of eucrites and the trend for angrites, in the vicinity of values for anomalous eucrites
Bunburra Rockhole
,
Emmaville
,
Asuka 881394
and
EET 92023
. However, Erg Chech 002 is mineralogically quite different from those four meteorites in many respects, most notably the prevalence of highly sodic plagioclase and lower FeO/MnO ratios in pyroxenes.
Specimens
: 50.1 g including one polished thin section and one polished mount at
UWB
; main mass of the 1839 g stone and the 207 g stone with Mr. M. Lyon; 467 g stone with Mr. J. Utas; 110 g stone with Mr. E. Twelker; 4140 g stone, 355 g stone and main mass of 408 g stone with Mr. B. Hoefnagels; 480 g stone with Mr. L. Labenne; 587 g, 855 g, 1071 g and 1417 g stones with
DPitt;
550 g stone with Mr. M. Cimała; 4130 g stone with Mr. V. Jacques; 805 g stone with Mr. Ziyao Wang; 1857 g stone with Mr. S. Jurvetson; 2647 g stone with Mr. T. Boudreaux; 1175 g and 3485 g stones with Farmer; 178 g and 360 g stones with
Aaronson
; 3910 g stone at MMGM; 750 g with Mr. A. Habibi.
Data from:
MB109
Table 0
Line 0:
State/Prov/County:
Adrar
Place of purchase:
Morocco
Date:
2020 May
Latitude:
26.032°N
Longitude:
1.611°W
Mass (g):
31783
Pieces:
23
Class:
Achondrite-ung
Shock stage:
low
Weathering grade:
low
Ferrosilite (mol%):
14.4-22.8; 20.3; 14.7-19.4; 42.3-52.2; 18.1-25.9
Wollastonite (mol%):
2.2-3.3; 7.0; 38.5-30.2; 2.9-4.6; 40.8-38.1
Magnetic suscept.:
3.06
Classifier:
A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):
50.1
Type spec location:
UWB
Main mass:
B. Hoefnagels
Comments:
Work name RC131.1; submitted by A. Irving