04994 - Agoudal Imilchil Iron IIAB Meteorite <1g Collector Grade
04994 - Agoudal Imilchil Iron IIAB Meteorite <1g Collector Grade 04994 - Agoudal Imilchil Iron IIAB Meteorite <1g Collector Grade 04994 - Agoudal Imilchil Iron IIAB Meteorite <1g Collector Grade 04994 - Agoudal Imilchil Iron IIAB Meteorite <1g Collector Grade

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Species
Agoudal Imilchil Iron Meteorite
Age
-
Location
Fell in Agoudal (Morocco) - Northwest Africa
Formation
Iron IIAB
Size
12.2 mm   •    in
Weight
1 g   •    oz
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Description
Basic information
Name: Agoudal
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. 
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Morocco 
Mass: 100 kg
Classification history: Meteoritical Bulletin: MB 102 (2013) Iron, IIAB
Recommended: Iron, IIAB

This is 1 of 134 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIAB.
Comments: Approved 27 Apr 2013
Agoudal 31°59.074’N, 5°30.917’W - Centre-South, Morocco
Found: 2000
Classification: Iron meteorite (IIAB)

History: (H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, M. Aboulahris, FSAC) Two small pieces of iron were collected in 2000 in the Agoudal area, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, and sold to tourists. In September 2011, one piece was sold to a dealer in Errich, who recognized it as an iron meteorite. During the last months of 2012, systematic searching by meteorite hunters with metal detectors resulted in the discovery of a large number of meteorites, mostly small. Many pieces were collected on the surface or buried a few cm deep. The largest piece recovered was 60 kg, buried ~50 cm below the surface. On 9 February 2013, H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, M. Aoudjehane and M. Aboulahris collected 200 g of specimens; the listed coordinates are those of the largest piece they recovered. The strewnfield is not yet clearly defined.

Physical characteristics: Total mass is >100 kg. Hundreds of small pieces (1-100 g), many 100-1000 g, and a few pieces >1 kg, have been recovered. The majority of collected material occurs as 2-5 cm, irregularly shaped shrapnel pieces. Most pieces have a thin weathering rind. Some smaller bullet-shaped (~cm-sized) fragments are rounded, showing well-developed fusion crust.

Petrography: (L. Garvie, ASU) Decimeter-sized pieces show a coarse pattern of irregular, interlocking kamacite grains; some grains with sub-boundaries. Widmanstätten pattern not evident in the small sections studied. Grain boundaries commonly curved. Etched pieces range from shiny with well-developed Neumann bands, to pieces with a matte appearance, typical of the hatched ε-structure. The shock-hatched regions show incipient recrystallization, with secondary growth of irregularly-shaped (to 1 mm) kamacite. No plessite observed. Schreibersite abundant occurring as cm-sized skeletal crystals at the centers of kamacite crystals, as rhabdites, and as a grain boundary precipitate. Rhabdites locally numerous as sharp, 10-25 μm faceted prisms. Scattered troilite nodules, to 1 cm. Troilite not surrounded by schreibersite, but instead large skeletal schreibersite is situated a few mm away. Heat-affected zone visible on some stones. Several of the smaller pieces, and especially the rounded bullet-shaped stones, have fusion crust and heated-affected zone of varying thickness; some completely recrystallized.

Geochemistry: (C. Herd and G. Chen, UAb): ICP-MS data, Ni 5.5 wt%, Co 4.1 mg/g, Ga 58 μg/g, Ir < 0.04 μg/g and Au ~ 1 μg/g.

Classification: Iron, IIAB. Structurally similar to Ainsworth.

Specimens: Type specimens include 2406 g, ASU; 17.5 g, UAb; 200 g, FSAC

Other names: This meteorite has been sold and traded under the name "Imilchil"

Origin or pseudonym: High Atlas Mountains
Date: 2000
Latitude: 31°59.074'N
Longitude: 5°30.917'W
Mass (g): >100 kg
Pieces: Many
Class: Iron, IIAB
Weathering grade: W1
Classifier: C.Herd, UAb, L. Garvie, ASU, H.Chennaoui Aoudjehane, FSAC
Type spec mass (g): 2406 g ASU; 17.5 g UAb; 200 g FSAC
Type spec location: FSAC, ASU, UAb
Main mass: ASU
Finder: Anonymous
Comments: Submitted by H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, L. Garvie, C. Herd
Institutions and collections ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
FSAC: Universite Hassan II Casablanca, Faculte des Sciences Ain Chock, Departement de Géologie, BP 5366 Maârif, Casablanca, Morocco (institutional address; updated 9 Jan 2013)
UAb: 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada, Canada; Website (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
There are different views of the meteorite: Trailing Side (Rear) , the Leading Side (Front)  and a side view.

As a meteor travels through the Earth's atmosphere, the heat generated ablates material away. If the meteor is able to achieve stable flight rather than tumbling sporadically, then the material will ablate in an even manner creating what is known as a shield or nose-cone shape. In fact, ideas for space re-entry vehicles were designed from this natural shape which tends to dissipate the high amounts of energy better. The leading side (front) and sides often have flow-lines in the surface which indicates the direction the material was being ablated. The rear edges of the trailing side can create a 'roll-over' rim or 'lip' where the ablating/melting material has started to roll-over onto the back side. Sometimes specimens will also have 'frothing' on the trailing side where the crust has literally bubbled. Oriented meteorites are quite rare and can differ widely in shape and size.
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