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| Basic information | Name: Alnif This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1992 Country: Morocco Mass:  8 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 82:
Alnif Centre-south, Morocco Recognized 1992 April Ordinary chondrite (H5) An 8 kg stone was purchased in 1992 April by Alain Carion in a mineral shop in Risani, Morocco. The seller said it had been collected with trilobites near Oum-Jrane, ~60 km south of Alnif. Mineralogy and classification (M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP): olivine, Fa19.3; pyroxene Fs17.3Wo1.7; plagioclase, Ab83.0An10.6; shock stage S2; neumann bands noted in kamacite; weathering grade W2. Specimens: main mass, Alain Carion; 81 g, MNHNP. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address) Carion: Alain Carion, 6 rue Jean du Bellay, 75004 Paris, France; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites from Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco This is 1 of 2163 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 32 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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