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Djebel Chaab 003
Basic information Name: Djebel Chaab 003
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Cha 003
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 4.57 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 13053 approved meteorites (plus 11 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)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 26:
Date:14 Dec 2003
Latitude:25°05.210'N
Longitude:0°49.944'E
Mass (g):4570.2
Pieces:14
Class:L6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.4±0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.9±1.7
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):20.3
Main mass:A. Goueslain and J. L. Parodi
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 5' 13"N, 0° 49' 57"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 210 approved meteorites from Adrar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1400 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 33 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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