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Sahara 99070
Basic information Name: Sahara 99070
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: (Sahara)
Mass:help 1780 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  H3.8-6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3.8-6
Recommended:  H3.8-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites classified as H3.8-6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 10
  Line 10:
Date:1999
Latitude:z+0°09'52"
Longitude:w+0°29'13"
Mass (g):1780
Pieces:1
Class:H3.8-6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.1
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):27
Finder:Labenne
Comments:br
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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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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