OUARGLA 010 (4.37 gram)

Classification: Martian (Shergottite, olivine microgabbroic) W-high / S-moderate
Place/Time: 2025 in Ouargla, Algeria
Mass: 545g

History: The meteorite was found during a search in Algeria and subsequently purchased by the main mass holders.
Physical characteristics: Brownish rock partly covered with fusion crust.
Petrography: The meteorite shows a gabbroic texture predominantly composed of patchily zoned clinopyroxene (48.3 vol%), zoned olivine (27.2 vol%), and lath-shaped maskelynite (23 vol%) with a mean grain size of about 800 µm. Most olivines show pronounced shock darkening and some contain trapped magmatic iclusions. Minor phases (1.5 vol%) include ilmenite, titanochromite, and pyrrhotite.
Geochemistry: olivine: Fa_37.1±8.9 (Fa_27.0-49.5, FeO/MnO=51±1, n=7); pyroxene: Fs_29.5±6.1Wo_11.3±9.1 (Fs_25.1-36.7Wo_4.5-32.6, FeO/MnO=30±2, n=7); maskelynite (An_51.0-57.6Ab_39.9-45.9Or_1.9-3.7, n=7)
Classification: Martian (Shergottite, olivine microgabbroic).

NOTE: Full slices one side polished approximately 1.3 mm thick, covered with paraloid.