Jdiriya 003 is a meteorite of eucrite type of only 21.4 grams, it was discovered by Zaid Oualguirah in 2019 in the Western Sahara.
Howardite meteorites come from the asteroid Vesta, an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter.
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Writeup from MB 109:
Jdiriya 003 27°36’59.42″N, 10°26’48.85″W
Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara
Find: 2019 Dec 18
Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)
History: Found by Zaid Oualguirah on 2019 Dec 18.
Physical characteristics: A single crusted stone. Cut surface reveals a light homogeneous interior with ~500 µm plagioclase and pyroxene grains.
Petrography: ( J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Igneous rock with subophitic texture. Main minerals are pyroxene (with both fine- and large-scale exsolutions) and plagioclase, with typical grain size 400 µm. Other minerals: chromite, ilmenite, metal, troilite, silica.
NWA 7811 is a fresh meteorite classified eucrite polymict breccia of only 95 grams.
It was discovered in 2011 and classified by Anthony Irving in 2012.
The eucrites come from the Asteroid Vesta.
Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Fresh fragmental breccia composed mainly of crystal debris from several different basaltic eucrite and gabbroic eucrite protoliths (with some polymineralic clasts of same), plus sparse clasts of diogenite and diogenitic orthopyroxene. Minerals include exsolved pigeonite, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, calcic plagioclase, silica polymorph, ilmenite, troilite, chromite, and fayalite.
NWA 7831 was discovered in March 2013.
This meteorite is a very beautiful and rare diogenite of the same type as Tataouine.
About 20 kilograms of this meteorite were found in the Western Sahara about 100 km northeast of Laâyoune in a place called Chwichiya.
NWA 7831 was discovered in March 2013.
This meteorite is a very beautiful and rare diogenite of the same type as Tataouine.
About 20 kilograms of this meteorite were found in the Western Sahara about 100 km northeast of Laâyoune in a place called Chwichiya.
