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Acfer 270

Basic information

Name: Acfer 270
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Algeria
Mass: 298 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 73	(1992)	CR
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	CR2
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CR2
Recommended:			CR2 [explanation]

This is 1 of 185 approved meteorites classified as CR2. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), and CR chondrites

Data from:
  MB73
  Table 1
  Line 62:

Latitude:	27°31.12'N
Longitude:	03°51.44'E
Mass (g):	298
Pieces:	4
Class:	CR
Fayalite (mol%):	7.4 ± 12.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	3.4 ± 1.7
Classifier:	A. Bischoff and T. Geiger, Institut fir Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-4400 Munster, Germany.; Analysts: A. Bischoff, T. Geiger, T. Grund
Main mass:	Museum fur Naturkunde, Humboldt Universitat Berlin Germany (also the Algerian meteorites listed in Bulletin 71 72)
Comments:	Bischoff et al. (1992b).

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Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)

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Geography:

Algeria

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 31' 7"N, 3° 51' 26"E)
Recommended::	(27° 31' 7"N, 3° 51' 26"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 426 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
This is 1 of 1356 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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