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Abarkouh 003
Basic information Name: Abarkouh 003
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Iran
Mass:help 2.2 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11284 approved meteorites (plus 22 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)
Comments: Approved 7 Jul 2016
Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Fars
Date:2014 May 20
Latitude:31°17.63'N
Longitude:53°11.47'E
Mass (g):2200
Pieces:14
Class:H5
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):17.5 (N=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.7 (N=6)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7
Magnetic suscept.:4.80
Classifier:H. Pourkhorsandi and J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Parsa Shirkhani (AsemanSang Co., Norway)
Finder:Elyas Fattahi (group #14 AsemanSang Co.)
Comments:Workname AS1603. Plagioclase size is less than 10 um. Fusion crust contains troilite melt droplets with a quench texture in which the metal is weathered.; submitted by Hamed Pourkhorsandi
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography:

Iran
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (31° 17' 38"N, 53° 11' 28"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Fars, Iran
     This is 1 of 379 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 1 unapproved name)
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