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Mut
Basic information Name: Mut
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Egypt
Mass:help 1800 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11568 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 49:
Date:23 Oct 2003
Latitude:25°35.99'N
Longitude:28°27.13'E
Mass (g):1800
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):19.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.1
Classifier:F. Brandstätter, NHMV
Type spec mass (g):300
Main mass:M. Kriegler
Finder:M. Kriegler
Comments:Dakhla oasis
Institutions
   and collections		 NHMV: Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria, Austria; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2019)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

Egypt
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 35' 59"N, 28° 27' 8"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 38 approved meteorites from Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 129 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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