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Sahara 99330
Basic information Name: Sahara 99330
     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 14.7 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  LL3.5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL3.5
Recommended:  LL3.5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 22 approved meteorites classified as LL3.5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 10
  Line 14:
Date:1999
Latitude:z+0°09'40"
Longitude:w+0°28'36"
Mass (g):14.7
Pieces:1
Class:LL3.5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):0.7-21
Ferrosilite (mol%):1-20
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):3.0
Finder:Labenne
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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