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Great Sand Sea 022
Basic information Name: Great Sand Sea 022
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GSS 022
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1994
Country: Egypt
Mass:help 0.9 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 92  (2007)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6826 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 24 Jul 2007
Data from:
  MB92
  Table 1
  Line 9:
State/Prov/County:Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt
Date:1994
Latitude:25°55'N
Longitude:25°40'E
Mass (g):0.9
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.8
Classifier:V. Cecchi Moggi and G. Pratesi MSP
Type spec mass (g):0.7
Type spec location:MSP
Main mass:MSP
Institutions
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MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Oct 2022)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)
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     Recommended::   (25° 55'N, 25° 40'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 38 approved meteorites from Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 129 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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