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Sahara 97211
Basic information Name: Sahara 97211
     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 4.14 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  LL4-6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL4-6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL4-6
Recommended:  LL4-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites classified as LL4-6.   [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 184:
Date:Dec 1997
Latitude:y+0°13'18"N
Longitude:x+0°34'18"W
Mass (g):4140
Pieces:~100
Class:LL4-6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):30.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.7
Classifier:A. Bischoff and D. Weber
Type spec location:Mün
Comments:breccia
Institutions
   and collections		 Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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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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