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Acfer 169
Basic information Name: Acfer 169
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 559 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 72  (1992)  H4(H3.8)
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3.8
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3.8/4
Recommended:  H3.8/4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites classified as H3.8/4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB72
  Table 1
  Line 30:
Latitude:27°44'N
Longitude:4°07'E
Mass (g):559
Pieces:1
Class:H4 (H3.8)
Fayalite (mol%):18.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.15
Classifier:classification and information, A. Bischoff, Institut fur Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-4400 Munster, Germany. Analysts: A. Bischoff, W. Beckerling, M. Endress, T. Geiger, T. Grund
Main mass:finder
Comments:Sub-types determined by NTL, see A. Bischoff et al., Abstract, LPS Conf. Houston, 1992.
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Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 72, Meteoritics 27, 109-117 (1992)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 44'N, 4° 7'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 44'N, 4° 7'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 426 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1336 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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