Country: Libya
State/District: Gharyan, Jabal al Gharb
Co-ordinates: 28°36.56'N, 13°02.95'E
Date of find: 1997, October 18
Total known weight: 3.173kg
Number of pieces: 1
Remarks:
Classification:
Type: Carbonaceous chondrite (Bencubbin group, subgroup B, petrologic type 3), brecciated, metal-rich
Shock Stage: S3
Weathering Stage: W2
Mineral Analyses: Olivine Fa 4.1 (2-10), Stddev. 1.4, Pyroxene Fs0.5-14, kamacite: 5.8-7.0% Ni, 0.19-0.27% Co, <0.025% Si
Pairings: not known
Synonyms: not known
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A stone was found in the desert, D.Weber, priv. comm., 1998. Description, mineralogy and bulk chemistry, an unusually metal-rich (60-70% FeNi) carbonaceous chondrite breccia, related to CH chondrites, such as Acfer 182, ALH 85085, and also related to Bencubbin, Weatherford and the CR chondrites, J.Zipfel et al., LPSC 29, 1998, abs. #1417. Listed, J.N.Grossman, Met. Bull. 82, MAPS, 1998, 33, p.A221. Oxygen isotopic composition very
similar to Bencubbin, M.K.Weisberg et al., MAPS, 1998, 33, p.A166 (abs.). Study of zoned metal, M.K.Weisberg and M.Prinz, Papers 24th Symp. Ant. Met., NIPR Tokyo, 1999, p.187 (abs.). Hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon isotopic compositions, contains heavy nitrogen and can be classified as a bencubbinite, N.Sugiura et al., LPSC, 1999, 30, abs. #1329. Re-Os data, R.J.Walker et al., LPSC, 1999, 30, abs. #1208. Siderophile element distribution in zoned metal grains, A.J.Campbell et al., MAPS, 2000, 35, p.A38 (abs.); see also, LPSC, 2001, 32, abs. #1842. Detailed nitrogen isotope study, N.Sugiura et al., MAPS, 2000, 35, p.987. Study of chemical zoning of Fe-Ni grains, A.Meibom et al., MAPS, 2000, 35, p.A107 (abs.); see also, LPSC, 2000, 31, abs. #1420. REE abundance patterns of CAIs, BO and CC chondrules, S.S.Russell et al., MAPS, 2000, 35, p.A139 (abs.). Petrology, classification, chemical and oxygen isotopic composition, M.K.Weisberg et al., MAPS, 2001, 36, p.401. Microstructure of Fe-Ni metal, H.Leroux and C.Perron, MAPS, 2001, 36, p.A113 (abs). Mineralogy,
petrography, chemical and oxygen isotopic compositions of CAIs and Al-diopside-rich chondrules, A.N.Krot et al., MAPS, 2001, 36, p.1189; see also, LPSC, 2000, 31, abs. #1448; LPSC, 2000, 31, abs. #1499; MAPS, 2001, 36, p.A106 (abs.). Noble gas data; CRE age > 3 Ma, H.W.Weber et al., MAPS, 2001, 36, p.A220 (abs). SEM and TEM study of fine-grained heavily-hydrated clasts, A.Greshake et al., MAPS, 2002, 37, p.281. Mn-Cr isotope
systematics, A.Shukolyukov et al., LPSC, 2003, 34, abs. #1279; see also, A.Shukolyukov and G.W.Lugmair, MAPS, 2001, 36, p.A188 (abs). Chemical composition of zoned and unzoned metal grains, T.W.Schoenbeck and H.Palme, LPSC, 2003, 34, abs. #1605. I-Xe dating, J.A.Whitby et al., MAPS, 2003, 38, No. 7 (Suppl.), p.A105 (abs.). Cu isotope systematics, S.S.Russell et al., MAPS, 2003, 38, No. 7 (Suppl.), p.A124 (abs.). Petrographical study
of shock effects, A.Meibom et al., LPSC, 2004, 35, abs. #1292. Study of mass fractionation of Fe and Ni isotopes in metal, C.M.O'D.Alexander and R.H.Hewins, MAPS, 2004, 39, No. 8 (Suppl.), p.A13 (abs.).
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