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Acfer 341
Basic information Name: Acfer 341
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 132 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 90  (2006)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 862 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 7 Nov 2005
Data from:
  MB90
  Table 1
  Line 1:
State/Prov/County:Algeria
Date:5 Dec 2002
Latitude:27°28'N
Longitude:3°50'E
Mass (g):132
Pieces:7
Class:L3
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):20.4 ± 4
Ferrosilite (mol%):14.8 ± 4.8
Classifier:M. Benise and B. Zanda (MNHNP)
Type spec mass (g):4.84, 20.5
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:anonymous finder
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)
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Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (27° 28'N, 3° 50'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 428 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1400 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 33 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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