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Point Berliet
Basic information Name: Point Berliet
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Niger
Mass:help 42 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12021 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 9
  Line 6:
Date:Nov 2001
Latitude:20°32.22'N
Longitude:9°32.27'E
Mass (g):42000
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.2
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):24.3
Finder:Mr. and Mrs Letallec
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. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography:

Niger
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (20° 32' 13"N, 9° 32' 16"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 54 approved meteorites from Agadez, Niger (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 123 approved meteorites from Niger (plus 6 unapproved names)
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