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Aguemour 015
Basic information Name: Aguemour 015
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1993
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 1106 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 77  (1994)  L4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB77
  Table 2
  Line 6:
Latitude:27°30.58N
Longitude:4°09.67'E
Mass (g):1106
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S3
Fayalite (mol%):24.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.8
Classifier:T. Geiger and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:MNB
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 77, Meteoritics 29, 891-897 (1994)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 30' 35"N, 4° 9' 40"E)
     Recommended::   (27° 30' 35"N, 4° 9' 40"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 426 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1356 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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