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Adrar 003
Basic information Name: Adrar 003
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 287 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 71  (1991)  LL(L)3
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL3.2
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L/LL3.1
Recommended:  L/LL3.10    [explanation]

This is the only approved meteorite classified as L/LL3.10.
Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 3), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Revised 1 Sep 2007: Reclassified by Grossman and Brearley (2005)
Data from:
  MB71
  Table 2
  Line 2:
Latitude:27°08'N
Longitude:0°12'E
Mass (g):287
Pieces:1
Class:LL(L)3
Fayalite (mol%):16.1 ± 8.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.5 ± 8.3
Classifier:A. Bischoff, Institut fur Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-4400 Munster, Germany; analysts: A. Bischoff, W. Beckerling, M. EndreB, T. Geiger, T. Grund, K. Metzler
Type spec location:A. Bischoff, Institut fur Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-4400 Munster, Germany
Main mass:finder
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Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 71, Meteoritics 26, 255-262 (1991)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 8'N, 0° 12'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 8'N, 0° 12'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 200 approved meteorites from Adrar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1344 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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