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Great Sand Sea 006
Basic information Name: Great Sand Sea 006
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GSS 006
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Egypt
Mass:help 45 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  L6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 13053 approved meteorites (plus 11 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:
  MB82
  Table 4
  Line 3:
Date:27 Nov 1995
Latitude:26°45'56"N
Longitude:26°19'25"E
Mass (g):45
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W5
Fayalite (mol%):25.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.3
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):3.7
Main mass:finders
Finder:D. Glatigny
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Geography:

Egypt
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (26° 45' 56"N, 26° 19' 25"E)
     Recommended::   (26° 45' 56"N, 26° 19' 25"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 38 approved meteorites from Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 129 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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