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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 40 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: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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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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