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| Basic information | Name: Gheriat 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1990 Country: Libya Mass:  20.8 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11077 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 72:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Gheriat 001-002 Hammadah al Hamra, Libya Found 1990 Two stones were found in a desert area about 130 km NNW from Gheriat. Analysis, M. Schliestedt, Institute of Mineralogy, University of Hannover, D-3000 Hannover, Germany. Classification, main mass and information, R. Bartoschewitz, Lehmweg 53, D-3170 Gifhorn, Germany. | ||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB72 Table 6 Line 1: |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 72, Meteoritics 27, 109-117 (1992)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 214 approved meteorites from Gharyan, Libya (plus 16 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1537 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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