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Sahara 97179
Basic information Name: Sahara 97179
     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 1080 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  H5-6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5-6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5-6
Recommended:  H5-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 157 approved meteorites classified as H5-6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 7
  Line 159:
Date:Jul 1997
Latitude:y+0°08'49"N
Longitude:x+0°30'32"W
Mass (g):1080
Pieces:1
Class:H5-6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.5
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4
Classifier:C. Fiéni, M. Ghélis and B. Zanda
Type spec location:MNHNP
Comments:breccia
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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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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