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Sahara 99531
Basic information Name: Sahara 99531
     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 31 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  R3-5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  R3-5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  R3-5
Recommended:  R3-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites classified as R3-5.   [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB84
  Table 10
  Line 22:
Latitude:z+0°09'18"
Longitude:w+0°28'57
Mass (g):31
Pieces:1
Class:R3-5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3/4
Fayalite (mol%):40.4 (2-42 uneq. clasts)
Classifier:A. Bischoff and L. Niemann (Mün)
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:Labenne
Comments:br, sv
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. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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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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