[meteorite-list] Bechar 001 and 002

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Dec 28 10:26:39 2004
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000003500002FA0_at_paulinet.de>

Hello Anita, Jeff, and List,

Jeff from Down Under wrote:

> I know of Bechar or Bechar 001 which
> is an L5 and Bechar 002 which is an H6.

That's right. Here is the entry from the Meteoritical Bulletin:

Bechar 001 - L5

Two large stones (39 kg and 12 kg) plus a number of small fragments
were sold to Bruno Fectay and Carine Bidaut by nomads. They later
recognized that an 18 g piece (now called Bechar 002) was higher in
metal than the main masses, and therefore was not paired.
Classification and mineralogy (P. Sipiera, Harper). Bechar 001:
Olivine Fa25.3; pyroxene Fs20. Specimens: type specimens, 140 g
(Bechar 001) DuPont; main masses, Fectay (Met.Bull 83, 1999, July, A169).

Bechar 002 - H6

Two large stones (39 kg and 12 kg) plus a number of small fragments were
sold to Bruno Fectay and Carine Bidaut by nomads. They later recognized
that an 18 g piece (now called Bechar 002) was higher in metal than the main
masses, and therefore was not paired. Classification and mineralogy
(P. Sipiera, Harper). Bechar 002: Olivine Fa18.5; pyroxene Fs16.4Wo1.4.
Specimens: type specimens, 15 g (Bechar 002), DuPont; main masses,
Fectay (Met.Bull 83, 1999, July, A169).


Cheers,

Bernd
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