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Jalu
Basic information Name: Jalu
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Libya
Mass:help 150 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  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:
  MB87
  Table 7
  Line 92:
Date:1 Nov 2000
Latitude:27°57.5'N
Longitude:21°41.0'E
Mass (g):150000
Pieces:many
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):25.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.5
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):86
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:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (27° 57' 30"N, 21° 41' 0"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites from Ajdabiya, Libya (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1569 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 25 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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