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| Basic information | Name: Acfer 328 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2001 Country: Algeria Mass:  180.1 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 481 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 87:
Acfer 328 Algeria Found 2001 December 22 Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) A dark-brown, 180.07 g, roundish stone lacking fusion crust was found by F. Beroud and C. Boucher. Mineralogy and classification (B. Devouard and J.-L. Devidal, UBP; B. Zanda and M. Denise, MNHNP): large chondrules (~1 mm in diameter), several small CAIs, plus a very large (10 mm) irregular, zoned one. Mean olivine, Fa16.3 (range Fa0.6–56.5); mean low-Ca pyroxene, Fs16.0 (range Fs0.8–60.2); shock stage, S3; weathering grade, W2/3. Specimens: type specimen, 20 g, MNHNP; main mass with finders. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB87 Table 5 Line 6: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address) Beroud: F. Beroud, Chatel-Guyon, France; Website (private address) Boucher: C. Boucher, Lyon, France (private address) UBP: Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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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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