Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Sahara 97009

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Sahara 97009

Basic information

Name: Sahara 97009
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: (Sahara)
Mass: 96 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 82	(1998)	LL-like
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Chondrite-ung
Recommended:			Chondrite-ung [explanation]

This is 1 of 22 approved meteorites classified as Chondrite-ung. [show all]
Search for other: Ungrouped chondrites

Data from:
  MB82
  Table 7
  Line 9:

Date:	Feb 1997
Latitude:	y+0°08'37"N
Longitude:	x+0°29'31"W
Mass (g):	96
Pieces:	1
Shock stage:	S2-3
Weathering grade:	W3-4
Fayalite (mol%):	32.8
Classifier:	M. Bourot-Denise and A. Sexton
Type spec location:	MNHNP and OU
Comments:	breccia; Sahara 97009, 97039, and 97042 have fayalite contents near the top of the LL range, but have O isotopes and bulk composition that are distinct from LL (Sexton et al., 1998). Fiéni, Ghélis and Zanda (MNHNP) classified

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O isotopes:

Institutions
and collections

MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)

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Geography:

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

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