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Sahara 03013
Basic information Name: Sahara 03013
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Sahara)
Mass:help 82 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  R3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  R3
Recommended:  R3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 81 approved meteorites classified as R3.   [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Revised 18 Jun 2007: Coords were incorrect; deleted
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 1
  Line 8:
Date:2003
Latitude:y+0°10.07'
Longitude:x+0°34.01'W
Mass (g):82
Pieces:82
Class:R3
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):39.7-47.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):5.3-36.8
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):18.7
Main mass:Labenne
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1037 approved meteorites from (Sahara) (plus 1 unapproved name)

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