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Acfer 196

Basic information

Name: Acfer 196
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Algeria
Mass: 29 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 72	(1992)	H5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11568 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:
  MB72
  Table 1
  Line 48:

Latitude:	27°34.6'N
Longitude:	4°02'E
Mass (g):	29
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Fayalite (mol%):	17.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.4
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

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° 34' 36"N, 4° 2' 0"E)
Recommended::	(27° 34' 37"N, 4° 2' 2"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 62.8 m apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 426 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
This is 1 of 1358 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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