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Acfer 182
Basic information Name: Acfer 182
     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 166 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 72  (1992)  Unique
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  CH2
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CH3
Recommended:  CH3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 28 approved meteorites classified as CH3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CH chondrites, CH-CB family, and Metal-rich meteorites
Data from:
  MB72
  Table 1
  Line 40:
Latitude:27°42'N
Longitude:4°21'E
Mass (g):166
Pieces:2
Class:unique
Fayalite (mol%):11.2 ± 13.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):5.3 ± 8.0
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:These unique chondrites are similar to ALH 85085; see Bischoff et al., Abstract, LPS Conf. Houston, 1992.
Institutions
   and collections		 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° 42'N, 4° 21'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 42'N, 4° 21'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 426 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1356 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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