Pigeonite from Sahara Desert, North Africa


Algeria
Adrar Province Reggane District Reggane ⓘ Erg Chech 002 Meteorite	https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=72475
Zaouiet Kounta District In Zghmir ⓘ Adrar 003 meteorite	Hutchison, R., Reed, S.J.B., Ash, R.D. & Pillinger, C.T. (1991) Adrar 003: A new extraordinary unequilibrated ordinary chondrite. Meteoritics 26 (4): p. 349. (Dec 1991).
In Salah Province In Salah District Foggaret Ezzaouia ⓘ Acfer 094 meteorite	Krot, A. N., Fagan, T. J., Keil, K., McKeegan, K. D., Sahijpal, S., Hutcheon, I. D., Petaev, M. I. & Yurimoto, H. (2004). Ca,Al-rich inclusions, amoeboid olivine aggregates, and Al-rich chondrules from the unique carbonaceous chondrite Acfer 094: I. mineralogy and petrology. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68 (9), 2167-2184. (May 2004).
Tindouf Province ⓘ Northwest Africa 11273 Lunar meteorite (NWA 11273)	https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=66064

Chad
Tibesti Region ⓘ Tibesti Volcanic Province	Gèze, B., Hudeley, H., Vincent, P., & Wacrenier, P. (1959). Les volcans du Tibesti (Sahara du Tchad). Bulletin Volcanologique, 22(1), 135-172. doi.org/10.1007/BF02596582 Lacroix, A. (1934). Volcanisme et lithologie. Le massif volcanique du Tibesti et la region des dykes. In: Mission au Tibesti. Memoires de l'Academie des Sciences de l'Institute de France. Paris, 61, 169-366. Reynolds, P. & Hall, P. 1976. Absolute age and paleomagnetic results from Tibesti-Garian (Tripoli) North African Cenozoic volcanic line. Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 57, 904. Vincent, P.M. 1963. Les volcans Tertiares et Quaternaires du Tibesti occidental et central (Sahara du Tchad). Memoires du Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, 23. Vincent, P.M. 1970. The evolution of the Tibesti volcanic province, eastern Sahara. In: Clifford, T.N. & Gass, I.G. (eds) African Magmatism and Tectonics. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 301-319.

Libya
Jufra District Dar al Gani ⓘ Dar Al Gani 319 (DaG 319) meteorite	Grady, M. M., Pratesi, G. & Moggi-Cecchi, V. (2015) Atlas of Meteorites. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, United Kingdom. 373 pages.
ⓘ Dar al Gani 476 Martian meteorite (DaG 476)	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 67, No. 18, pp. 3519–3536, 2003
ⓘ Dar al Gani 670 Martian meteorite (DaG 670)	Meteoritical Bulletin 84 (Aug.2000); Grady, M. M., Pratesi, G. & Moggi-Cecchi, V. (2015) Atlas of Meteorites. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, United Kingdom. 373 pages.
ⓘ Dar al Gani 735 Martian meteorite (DaG 735)	Grossman, J. N. & Zipfel, J. (2000). The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 84, 2000 September. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 35, #9 (Suppl.): A199-A225. (Sept 2000).
ⓘ Dar al Gani 896 meteorite (DaG 896)	Russell, S.S. et al. (2003). The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 87, July 2003. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 38: (7, Suppl.): A189-A248. (July 2003).; Folco, L. et al. (2004) Extensive impact melting on the H-chondrite parent asteroid during the cataclysmic bombardment of the early solar system: Evidence from the achondritic meteorite Dar al Gani 896. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68 (10): 2379-2397. (May 2004).; Folco, L., Burbine, T. H. & D'Orazio, M. (2005) Surface mineralogy changes induced by impact melting on ordinary chondritic parent asteroids: clues from the DaG 896 meteorite. Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana Supplement, vol 6: 116-121. (2005).; Grady, M.M., Pratesi, G. & Moggi-Cecchi, V. (2015) Atlas of Meteorites. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, United Kingdom. 373 pp.
ⓘ Dar al Gani 975 Martian meteorite (DaG 975)	Meteoritical Bulletin Database

Mauritania
Inchiri Region ⓘ Galb Inal meteorite	Meteoritical Bulletin Database

Morocco
Drâa-Tafilalet Region Errachidia Province Er-Rissani Cercle Sidi Ali Cäidat ⓘ Northwest Africa 4590 meteorite (NWA 4590)	http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=44983; Connolly, Jr., H. C. et al., (2007) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, 2007 September: MAPS 42 (9), 1647-1694. (Sept 2007) ; Connolly Jr., H. C. et al. (2007) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 92, 2007 September. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 4 (9): 1647-1694. (Sept 2007)
Souss-Massa Region Tata Province Tata Cercle ⓘ Tissint Martian meteorite	Irving, A.J. et. al, 2012 The Tissint DepeltedPermafic Olivine-Phyric Shergottite: Petrologic, Elemental, and Isotopic Characterization of a Recent Martian Fall in Morocco. 43rd LPSC #2510; Balta, J. B., Sanborn, M. E., Udry, A., Wadhwa, M. & McSween Jr., H. Y. (2015) Petrology and trace element geochemistry of Tissint, the newest shergottite fall: MAPS 50 (1): 63-85. (Jan 2015)

North Africa
Sahara Desert ⓘ Sahara 02500 meteorite	Owocki, K. & Muszyńcki, A. (2012) Shock veins in the Sahara 02500 ordinary chondrite. Geologos 18 (2): 111-118.

Sudan
River Nile ⓘ Almahata Sitta meteorite	Michael K. Weisberg, Caroline Smith, Gretchen Benedix, Cristopher K. D. Herd, Kevin Righter, Henning Hack, Akira Yamaguchi, Hasnaa Chennaoui & Jeffrey N. Grossman (2009). The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 96, September 2009, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 44, (#9), 1355-1397.; Barbaro, A.; Domeneghetti, M.C.; Goodrich, C.A.; Meneghetti, M.; Litti, L.; Fioretti, A.M.; Jenniskens, P.; Shaddad, M.H.; Nestola, F. (2020) Graphite-Based Geothermometry on Almahata Sitta Ureilitic Meteorites. Minerals 10, 1005.

Western Sahara
al-Saqiyah al-Hamra'a (Saguia el Hamra) Dchira ⓘ Northwest Africa 773 Lunar meteorite (NWA 773)	Meteoritical Society Abstracts (2001)

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