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Acfer 377
Basic information Name: Acfer 377
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 132 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2025 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 14:
Date:Nov 2002
Latitude:27°39.75'N
Longitude:3°58.61'
Mass (g):132
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):23.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.1
Classifier:G. Pratesi and V. Moggi Cecchi, MSP
Type spec mass (g):167
Institutions
   and collections		 MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Oct 2022)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (27° 39' 45"N, 3° 58' 37"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 426 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1303 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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