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Sahara 98505
Basic information Name: Sahara 98505
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: (Sahara)
Mass:help 152 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  Ureilite
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Ureilite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 643 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Data from:
  MB83
  Table 7
  Line 22:
Date:Oct 1998
Latitude:z+0°00'46"
Longitude:w+0°27'04"
Mass (g):152
Pieces:1
Class:Ureil
Shock stage:high
Fayalite (mol%):18.8±2.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):12.9±2.0
Classifier:A. Bischoff and D. Weber, Mün
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:Labenne
Comments:recrystallized olivines
Institutions
   and collections		 Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Don Edwards   
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Brice D. Hornback   
David Hardy   
Phil Schmitz   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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

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