El Blida 006 29°51’32.98″N, 5°58’38.53″W
Morocco
Find: 2020
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7)
History: Found by Ahmed Najii in 2020. Bought from Zaid Oualguirah in 2020 by Jean Redelsperger.
Physical characteristics: One oriented fully crusted stone.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Highly recrystallized brecciated chondrite. Lithic clasts show triple junction, plagioclase to 200 µm, and only rare relict chondrules. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.
Geochemistry: Olivine Fa30.6 (n=1). Orthopyroxene Fs25.9±0.1Wo2.1±0.1 (n=3).
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7, brecciated). Type 7 based on the Wo content of orthopyroxene and the texture.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.