Petrography and magnetic susceptibility of ASH SHAQQAH 001 (Brachinite)

In August 2023, I received a very interesting sample in the laboratory, which after petrographic analysis turned out to be a brachinite-type meteorite. These meteorites are an achondritic type, composed mainly of olivine, and extremely rare itself. It is the first sample of this type that we have identified in our laboratory, which has allowed us to characterize this type of meteorite using polarized light petrographic techniques. After the first analyses, the official classification was carried out, concluding with the inscription of the meteorite ASH SHAQQAH 001.