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Sahara 99201
Basic information Name: Sahara 99201
     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 91 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Ureilite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  Ureilite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 5
  Line 1:
Date:1999
Latitude:z+0°09'38"
Longitude:w+0°29'23"
Mass (g):91
Pieces:1
Class:Ureilite
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):21.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.8
Classifier:C. Smith (OU)
Main mass:Labenne
Comments:Wo9.6 in pgn; type spec 35g
Institutions
   and collections		 OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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