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Amadror 001
Basic information Name: Amadror 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 239 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 72  (1992)  H4-5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4-5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4-5
Recommended:  H4-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 85 approved meteorites classified as H4-5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 72:
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Amadror 001

Territoires du Sud, Algeria

Found 1990

Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H4-5)

Weight 239 g, analysis by the same team as "Acfer," olivine Fa18.1, pyroxene Fs16.05, brecciated. The main mass is with the finder.

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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:   (24° 56' 52"N, 6° 56' 35"E)
     Recommended::   (24° 56' 52"N, 6° 56' 35"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.5 m apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 421 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1270 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 29 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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