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Acfer 293

Basic information

Name: Acfer 293
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Algeria
Mass: 198 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 75	(1993)	LL6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL6
Recommended:			LL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB75
  Table 1
  Line 24:

Latitude:	27°39.95'N
Longitude:	4°11.44'E
Mass (g):	198
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL6
Fayalite (mol%):	29.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	22.9
Classifier:	T. Geiger and A. Bischoff, Institut fur Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-48149 Munster, Germany. Weathering grades, F. Wlotzka, MaxPlanck-Institut fur Chemie, D-55020 Mainz, Germany
Type spec location:	Mün
Main mass:	Museum fur Naturkunde, Humboldt Universitat Invalidenstr. 43 D-10115 Berlin Germany
Comments:	br

Institutions
and collections

Mainz: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 75, Meteoritics 28, 692-703 (1993)

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Geography:

Algeria

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 39' 57"N, 4° 11' 26"E)
Recommended::	(27° 39' 57"N, 4° 11' 26"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1 m apart

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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