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Great Sand Sea 008

Basic information

Name: Great Sand Sea 008
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GSS 008
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Egypt
Mass: 450 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 82	(1998)	LL3-6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL3-6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL3-6
Recommended:			LL3-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 37 approved meteorites classified as LL3-6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB82
  Table 4
  Line 5:

Date:	9 Dec 1996
Latitude:	26°35'40"N
Longitude:	25°37'20"E
Mass (g):	450
Pieces:	5
Class:	LL3-6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	26.8-32.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	23.1-29.6
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.2-1.9
Classifier:	M. Ghélis and B. Zanda, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):	8 g
Main mass:	finders
Finder:	J-B. Gillot
Comments:	br

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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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards

Geography:

Egypt

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(26° 35' 40"N, 25° 37' 20"E)
Recommended::	(26° 35' 40"N, 25° 37' 20"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1 m apart

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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