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| Basic information | Name: Acfer 333 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2001 Country: Algeria Mass:  489 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 653 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CO3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 87:
Acfer 333 Algeria Found 2001 December 26 Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3) A dark-grey, slightly friable stone broken in 5 fragments and totalling 489 g was found by F. Beroud and C. Boucher. Mineralogy and classification (B. Devouard and J.-L. Devidal, UBP; B. Zanda and M. Denise, MNHNP): sharply defined chondrules from 0.1 to 0.3 mm and rare metal grains; olivine, mean Fa23.2 (range Fa0.7–81.7), low-Ca pyroxene, mean Fs7.4 (range Fs1.1–37.6), W2. Specimens: type specimen, 25.4 g, MNHNP; main mass with finders. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB87 Table 5 Line 11: |
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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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