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Sahara 97037
Basic information Name: Sahara 97037
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: (Sahara)
Mass:help 149 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  LL7
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL7
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL7
Recommended:  LL7    [explanation]

This is 1 of 100 approved meteorites classified as LL7.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 7
  Line 33:
Date:Feb 1997
Latitude:y+0°09'30"N
Longitude:x+0°28'25"W
Mass (g):149
Pieces:1
Class:LL7
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):31.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):26.6
Wollastonite (mol%):2.8
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise
Type spec location:MNHNP
Comments:millimeter-sized plag. and phosphate
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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