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Great Sand Sea 019

Basic information

Name: Great Sand Sea 019
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GSS 019
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Egypt
Mass: 12 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 87	(2003)	LL6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL6
Recommended:			LL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB87
  Table 6
  Line 1:

Date:	Dec 1999
Latitude:	25°32'12"N
Longitude:	25°39'28"E
Mass (g):	12000
Pieces:	>80
Class:	LL6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3/4
Fayalite (mol%):	27.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	22.5
Classifier:	M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):	153.6
Finder:	Carion

Institutions
and collections

MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Carion: Alain Carion, 6 rue Jean du Bellay, 75004 Paris, France; Website (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)

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Geography:

Egypt

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(25° 32' 12"N, 25° 39' 28"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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