Meteorite object
Name
Oued Chebeika 002
Secondary name
OC002

Recovery

Status
find
Year
2024
Mass
163.4 g

Geolocation

Body name
Earth
Place
South, Morocco , The fragments were found close to the village of Abteh, Morocco, on June 6, 2024 , Morocco
Coordinates
System
WGS84
Position type
point
Coordinates
Point Latitude Longitude Altitude
#1 28.0929° -11.5362°
Breccia
No
Category
chondritic
Group
carbonaceous chondrite
Class
CI
Chondrite petrologic type
1
Comments
Oxygen isotopic composition (D. Au Yang, J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) from analysis of a 3.40 mg bulk sample is δ17O=8.81‰, δ18O=15.34‰, Δ17O=0.83‰ (slope 0.52, analytical uncertainties 0.115‰, 0.062‰, 0.005‰ respectively).
Oxides
Formula SiO2 Al2O3 FeO MgO Na2O NiO
Mass fraction (%) 34.0 2.35 16.0 22.0 1.03 1.74
Oxides comments
defocused electron microprobe analyses of the matrix: analytical totals = 81.8 +/- 4.9 wt s = 3.81