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Grein 001
Basic information Name: Grein 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Niger
Mass:help 710 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  H3
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 710 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 6
  Line 1:
Date:2 Mar 1997
Latitude:21°13.74' N
Longitude:10°45.38' E
Mass (g):710.3
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):19.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):11.7
Classifier:P. Scherer, H. Schulze, F. Wlotzka and J. Zipfel (MPI)
Type spec location:Hamb and MPI
Main mass:Guhr
Institutions
   and collections		 Hamb: Museum der Natur Hamburg - Mineralogie, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2024)
Guhr: Andreas Guhr, Jungfernstieg 8, 20354 Hamburg, Germany (private address)
MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Geography:

Niger
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (21° 14'N, 10° 45'E)
     Recommended::   (21° 13' 44"N, 10° 45' 23"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.8 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 54 approved meteorites from Agadez, Niger
     This is 1 of 120 approved meteorites from Niger (plus 4 unapproved names)
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