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Sahara 02502
Basic information Name: Sahara 02502
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Sahara)
Mass:help 79.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  CO3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CO3.4
Recommended:  CO3.4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites classified as CO3.4.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 56:
Date:Jan 2002
Latitude:undisclosed
Longitude:undisclosed
Mass (g):79.47
Pieces:1
Class:CO3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1-2
Fayalite (mol%):0-54
Ferrosilite (mol%):2
Classifier:A. Jambon, D. Badia, O. Boudouma, UPMCP, and M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):15.2
Main mass:MFranco, Caillou Noir
Finder:MFranco, Caillou Noir
Comments:possible subtype 3.4
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Caillou Noir: Caillou Noir 100 Chemin des Campenes, 74400 Chamonix, France; Website (private address)
MFranco: Michel Franco (of Caillou Noir), 100 Chemin des Campenes 74400 Les Praz de Chamonix, France; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1037 approved meteorites from (Sahara) (plus 1 unapproved name)

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