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Acfer 001

Basic information

Name: Acfer 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1989
Country: Algeria
Mass: 6.7 kg

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 13(2)	(1990)	H6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 69	(1990)	L6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12331 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB69
  Table 1
  Line 1:

State/Prov/County:	x
Latitude:	27°30'N
Longitude:	3°37'E
Mass (g):	6700
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Fayalite (mol%):	24.7
Classifier:	J. Otto, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universitat Freiburg, D-7800 Freiburg, West Germany
Type spec location:	thin sections, J. Otto, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universitat Freiburg, D-7800 Freiburg, West Germany
Main mass:	Swiss Meteorite Laboratory, Kreuzackerstrasse 16a CH-5012 Schonenwerd Switzerland
Comments:	Information Swiss Meteorite Laboratory, Kreuzackerstrasse 16a, CH-5012 Schonenwerd, Switzerland

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 69, Meteoritics 25, 237-239 (1990)

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Geography:

Algeria

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 30'N, 3° 37'E)
Recommended::	(27° 30'N, 3° 37'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 422 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
This is 1 of 1277 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 29 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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Synonyms

In Salah (From MetBase)

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