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| Basic information | Name: Sinawan 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: Libya Mass:  28.6 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12401 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 71:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Sinawan 001-002 Jabal al Gharb, Libya Found 1991 Four meteorites were found on the north edge of the Hammadah al Hamra, about 120 km east of the town Sinawan. Only the first two have been classified so far. Sinawan 001 consists of three large fragments of 8.2, 7.2 and 2.15 kg, resp., and numerous smaller fragments with a total weight of 11 kg, which were found within a distance of about 200 m. The larger fragments have fusion crust only on one face. Fusion crust and interior are only little weathered. The thin section shows shock veins and maskelynite. Sinawan 002 is a rounded, complete individual with fusion crust, also only little weathered. Classification and analysis, Frank Wlotzka, MPI Chemie, Mainz, Germany. Main masses and information, K. H. Boyen, Posener Strasse 13, D-3104 Unterliiss, Germany. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB71 Table 8 Line 1: |
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| Institutions and collections |
Mainz: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015) MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 71, Meteoritics 26, 255-262 (1991)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 33 approved meteorites from Ghadamis, Libya (plus 2 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1539 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||
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