HASSI EL BIOD 002 9.46 GRAM METEORITE
GORGEOUS Partial Slice
Good mix of metal and olivine
Has a camouflage look
Provenance: Mark Lyon
Rare Classification: Ungrouped Pallasite
Only 1 of 11 Ungrouped Pallasites
Meteoritical Bulletin Information:
Name: Hassi el Biod 002
Classification: Pallasite-Ungrouped
Find Date: 2021
Location: Ouargla, Algeria
Purchased in 2021 by Mark Lyon from a meteorite dealer in Mauritania. Five identically appearing masses (total 10 kg) found together. Saw cut surface shows angular cm-sized dark-orange olivine grains set in metal. There are also smaller scattered olivines set in the host metal. The modal abundances are approximately 60% metal, 38% olivine, 2% troilite. Electron microprobe analysis and imaging reveal the presence of magnesian olivine, kamacite, and minor troilite. No other phases were detected with both EPMA and SEM searches. This is a unique pallasite type both in terms of olivine composition and oxygen isotopes. Along with Milton, this meteorite is the only other ungrouped that is not a pyroxene pallasite, however Milton and this meteorite are not paired and do not have olivine compositions and oxygen isotopes that are similar.
Classification Details:
Carl Agee, Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico
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