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Sahara 03502
Basic information Name: Sahara 03502
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Sahara)
Mass:help 4.74 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  LL3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL3
Recommended:  LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 507 approved meteorites classified as LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 58:
Date:1 Jan 2003
Latitude:undisclosed
Longitude:undisclosed
Mass (g):4737
Pieces:1
Class:LL3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):27.5±06
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.1±6.8
Classifier:B. Devouard, UBP, M. Messaoudi, H. Afalfiz and D. Belhai, USTHB
Type spec mass (g):26.5
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:MFranco, Caillou Noir
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)
UBP: Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France (institutional address)
USTHB: Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, Algers, Algeria; Website (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Michel Franco      
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites.
    (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Mike Smith   
Robert Zdancewicz   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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

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