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Sahara 99544
Basic information Name: Sahara 99544
     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 1360 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  CO3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  CO3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CO3
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 635 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Data from:
  MB84
  Table 10
  Line 24:
Latitude:z+0°08'45"
Longitude:w+0°29'28"
Mass (g):1360
Pieces:1
Class:CO3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):0-60
Classifier:A. Bischoff and L. Niemann (Mün)
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:Labenne
Comments:Fa and Fs are mainly < 5 mol% in chondrule minerals.
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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