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Aguemour 012

Basic information

Name: Aguemour 012
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1993
Country: Algeria
Mass: 347 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 77	(1994)	H5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11568 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB77
  Table 2
  Line 3:

Latitude:	27°31.05N
Longitude:	4°11.46'E
Mass (g):	347
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S3
Fayalite (mol%):	19.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.2
Classifier:	T. Geiger and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec location:	Mün
Main mass:	MNB

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 77, Meteoritics 29, 891-897 (1994)

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Geography:

Algeria

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 31' 3"N, 4° 11' 28"E)
Recommended::	(27° 31' 3"N, 4° 11' 28"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 426 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
This is 1 of 1358 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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