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| Basic information | Name: Quarat al Hanish This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1979 Country: Egypt Mass:  593 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 19 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-sHL. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 57:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE QUARAT AL HANISH, EGYPT, IRON METEORITE Name: QUARAT AL HANISH Place of find: In the Libyan desert, 30 km west of a hill named Quarat al Hanish, the geographically identified feature nearest the find site. 25'9'N., 25-35'E. Date of find: June 25, 1979. Class and type: Iron. Fine octahedrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 593 g. Circumstances of find: Found by Dr. J.R. Underwood while working in the area of the occurrence of the Libyan Desert glass. Source: Dr. J.R. Underwood, Jr., Department of Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 57, Meteoritics 15, 93-104 (1980)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 36 approved meteorites from Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 80 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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