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Sahara 99477
Basic information Name: Sahara 99477
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: (Sahara)
Mass:help 9.22 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8686 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [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 55:
Date:1999
Latitude:undisclosed
Longitude:undisclosed
Mass (g):9220
Pieces:7
Class:L5
Shock stage:S6
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.6
Classifier:Lukasz Karwowski, Silesia
Type spec mass (g):157.6
Type spec location:100 g, Silesia, 57.6 g Mün
Main mass:Labenne
Finder:Labenne
Comments:veined, ringwoodite
Institutions
   and collections
Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Don Edwards   
Polandmet   
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Aeroliths Collection Theodossiou   
Franco Vignato   
Jacek Szkatula   
Robert Zdancewicz   
stephen dunklee   
Woreczko Jan & Wadi      
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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

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