Hedjaz meteorite (Et-tlahi), Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabiai
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Hedjaz meteorite (Et-tlahi) | - not defined - |
Tabuk Region | Region |
Saudi Arabia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
27° 36' North , 35° 40' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Duba | 22,000 (2016) | 27.7km |
Ordinary chondrite, unequilibrated & brecciated (L3.7-6, br.)
Fell, Autumn 1910; 6.1 kg, 4 stones
The oddities of the chondritic stone which fell during the night nearly a century ago have, so to speak, only slowly come to light. The primary constituents of the Hedjaz meteorite are normal ingredients of the L chondrites — the olivine and/or pyroxene-rich chondrules are prominent and usually distinct. And, within both chondrules and matrix are the usual ingredients — olivine, pyroxene, plagioclase, troilite, kamacite, and taenite — expected in any moderately large, unweathered chondrite fall. Small amounts of accessory chromite, merrillite, and ilmenite are present as well. The olivine is mostly equilibrated, but the pyroxene is much more variable and small amounts of glass are present. The latter features are those we find in unequilibrated chondrites. But Hedjaz is not a normal unequilibrated chondrite which has never experienced substantial metamorphism. Unincorporated, unequilibrated, even exotic inclusions are found — but next to the unmetamorphosed materials are equally prominent partially to fully equilibrated clasts with L4, L5, and L6 lithologies. Textures and variability of the Fe-Ni metal is equally prominent — kamacite and taenite occur separately, together, and occasionally with troilite. Dark veins and other shock features are striking. Being, perhaps, somewhat more precise than the usual standard terminology, we might say that Hedjaz is a brecciated mixture of unequilibrated, partially equilibrated, and equilibrated L chondrite chondrules and clasts.
Among the 44 witnessed unequilibrated ordinary chondrite falls, only Hedjaz is labelled specifically as an L3.7—6. Indeed, no other meteorite — fall or find — is classified as L3.7—6. Among the total 2508 recovered unequilibrated ordinary chondrites only Asuka 880956 — listed as an H3.7-6 — appears to have such a wide, but yet specifically limited range of the unequilibrated and the equilibrated.
The main Hedjaz mass has been at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.
Nota bene: The geographical coordinates provided by the Meteoritical Bulletin Database are over the waters of the Red Sea.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Anorthite Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8) Description: Most common plagioclase composition. Reference: Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986). |
ⓘ Anorthite var. Bytownite Formula: (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8] Description: Most common plagioclase composition. Reference: Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986). |
ⓘ Chromite Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4 Reference: Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986). |
ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' Description: Both Ca-poor clinopyroxene and diopside are present. Reference: Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986). |
ⓘ Diopside Formula: CaMgSi2O6 Description: As occasional rims on orthopyroxene. Reference: Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986). |
ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' Reference: Kraut, F. & Fredriksson, K. (1971) Hedjaz, an L-3, L-4, L-5 and L-6 chondrite. Meteoritics 6: p. 284.; Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986).; Misawa, K. & Nakamura, N. (1987) The Hedjaz Meteorite: REE Abundances in Chondrules and Lithic Fragments: Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, volume 18, page 645. |
ⓘ 'Glass' Reference: Kraut, F. & Fredriksson, K. (1971) Hedjaz, an L-3, L-4, L-5 and L-6 chondrite. Meteoritics 6: p. 284.; Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986). |
ⓘ Graphite Formula: C Description: Rare. Reference: Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986). |
ⓘ Ilmenite Formula: Fe2+TiO3 Reference: Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986). |
ⓘ Iron Formula: Fe Reference: Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986). |
ⓘ Iron var. Kamacite Formula: (Fe,Ni) Reference: Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986). |
ⓘ Merrillite Formula: Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 Reference: Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986).; Misawa, K. & Nakamura, N. (1987) The Hedjaz Meteorite: REE Abundances in Chondrules and Lithic Fragments: Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, volume 18, page 645. |
ⓘ 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' Reference: Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986). |
ⓘ 'Plagioclase' Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 Description: Occasional albite twinning plus rare instances of pericline twinning. Reference: Kraut, F. & Fredriksson, K. (1971) Hedjaz, an L-3, L-4, L-5 and L-6 chondrite. Meteoritics 6: p. 284.; Misawa, K. & Nakamura, N. (1987) The Hedjaz Meteorite: REE Abundances in Chondrules and Lithic Fragments: Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, volume 18, page 645. |
ⓘ Spinel Formula: MgAl2O4 Description: Usually as Cr-rich spinel. Reference: Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986). |
ⓘ Taenite Formula: (Fe,Ni) Reference: Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986). |
ⓘ Tridymite Formula: SiO2 Description: In acicular pyroxene chondrules. Reference: Kraut, F. & Fredriksson, K. (1971) Hedjaz, an L-3, L-4, L-5 and L-6 chondrite. Meteoritics 6: p. 284.; Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986). |
ⓘ Troilite Formula: FeS Reference: Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986). |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Graphite | 1.CB.05a | C |
ⓘ | Iron | 1.AE.05 | Fe |
ⓘ | var. Kamacite | 1.AE.05 | (Fe,Ni) |
ⓘ | Taenite | 1.AE.10 | (Fe,Ni) |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Troilite | 2.CC.10 | FeS |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Chromite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
ⓘ | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
ⓘ | Spinel | 4.BB.05 | MgAl2O4 |
ⓘ | Tridymite | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 |
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
ⓘ | Merrillite | 8.AC.45 | Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Anorthite | 9.FA.35 | Ca(Al2Si2O8) |
ⓘ | var. Bytownite | 9.FA.35 | (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8] |
ⓘ | Diopside | 9.DA.15 | CaMgSi2O6 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
ⓘ | 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Glass' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Plagioclase' | - | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Graphite | C |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
O | ⓘ Tridymite | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Anorthite var. Bytownite | (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8] |
O | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
O | ⓘ Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
O | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
O | ⓘ Merrillite | Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
O | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
O | ⓘ Anorthite | Ca(Al2Si2O8) |
Na | Sodium | |
Na | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Na | ⓘ Anorthite var. Bytownite | (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8] |
Na | ⓘ Merrillite | Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
Mg | ⓘ Merrillite | Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
Mg | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Al | ⓘ Anorthite var. Bytownite | (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8] |
Al | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
Al | ⓘ Anorthite | Ca(Al2Si2O8) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Si | ⓘ Tridymite | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Anorthite var. Bytownite | (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8] |
Si | ⓘ Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
Si | ⓘ Anorthite | Ca(Al2Si2O8) |
P | Phosphorus | |
P | ⓘ Merrillite | Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Troilite | FeS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Ca | ⓘ Anorthite var. Bytownite | (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8] |
Ca | ⓘ Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
Ca | ⓘ Merrillite | Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
Ca | ⓘ Anorthite | Ca(Al2Si2O8) |
Ti | Titanium | |
Ti | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
Cr | Chromium | |
Cr | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
Fe | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
Fe | ⓘ Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
Fe | ⓘ Troilite | FeS |
Fe | ⓘ Taenite | (Fe,Ni) |
Fe | ⓘ Iron | Fe |
Ni | Nickel | |
Ni | ⓘ Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
Ni | ⓘ Taenite | (Fe,Ni) |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Mason, B.H. (1963) Olivine composition in chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 27, 1011-1023.
Kraut, F. & Fredriksson, K. (1971) Hedjaz, an L-3, L-4, L-5 and L-6 chondrite. Meteoritics 6: p. 284.
Fredriksson, K., Fredriksson, B. J. & Kraut, F. (1986) The Hedjaz meteorite: Meteoritics 21(2): 159-168. (June 1986)
Misawa, K. & Nakamura, N. (1987) The Hedjaz Meteorite: REE Abundances in Chondrules and Lithic Fragments: Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, volume 18, page 645.
Mittlefehldt, D.W. & 3 others (1998) Non-Chondritic Meteorites from Asteroidal Bodies. In: Planetary Materials (Papike, JJ - Ed.), Chapter 3: 1-398: Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC, USA.
Grady, M.M. (2000). Catalogue of Meteorites (5/e). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge; New York; Oakleigh; Madrid; Cape Town. 689 pages.
External Links
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php - Meteoritical Bulletin Database
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=11870 -Hedjaz@MetBullDatabase
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/get_original_photo.php?recno=5630077 -Photo
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1986Metic..21..159F -Fredriksson & 2 (1986).
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=11870 -Hedjaz@MetBullDatabase
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/get_original_photo.php?recno=5630077 -Photo
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1986Metic..21..159F -Fredriksson & 2 (1986).
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