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Zerhamra

Basic information

Name: Zerhamra
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1967
Country: Algeria
Mass: 630 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 52	(1974)	Iron
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	IIIAB-an
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	IIIA-an
Recommended:			Iron, IIIAB-an [explanation]

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Writeup

Writeup from MB 52:
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DISCOVERY OF THE ZERHAMRA, ALGERIA, IRON METEORITE

Name: ZERHAMRA

Place of find: Approximately 50 km southwest of Beni-Abbes, 22 km southeast of the oasis of Zerhamra, Algerian Sahara.

29^°51'31"N, 2^°38'42"E.

Date of find: February 2, 1967

Class and type: Iron. Cosmically reheated medium octahedrite.

Number of individual specimens: 1

Total weight: 630 kg

Circumstances of find: The meteorite was found by geologist Frangois Arbey while mapping in the area of Zerhamra.

Sources: Francois Arbey. 1972. Precisions sur la decouverte de la meteorite de Zerhamra; principaux resultats. Comptes Rendus des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences 275, serie D, 2587-2590. V. F. Buchwald. 1973. Zerhamra, a New Iron Meteorite Find from Sahara (Abstract). Meteoritics 8, 20.

Buchwald

The following entries were found for Zerhamra in Buchwald (1975)
[Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]

Entry for Zerhamra, volume 3, page 1371

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 52, Meteoritics 9, 101-121 (1974)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards
Rob Elliott

Geography:

Algeria

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(29° 51' 31"N, 2° 38' 42"E)
Recommended::	(29° 51' 31"N, 2° 38' 42"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 511.1 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 35 approved meteorites from Bechar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
This is 1 of 1356 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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