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Istifane 002
Basic information Name: Istifane 002
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 40 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 92  (2007)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [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
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Writeup from MB 92:

Istifane 002                                  31°29.909'N, 5°43.044'W

Morocco

Find: 17 August 2005

Ordinary chondrite (H5)

Physical characteristics: One 40 g stone, brownish in color.

Mineral compositions: (A. Ibhi and H. Nachit IZU, H. Chennaoui Aoujehane UHAC) Olivine (Fa15.5±0.5), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs16.8±0.6).

Classification:Ordinary chondrite (H5); S5, W3.

Type specimens: One thin section and the main mass are on deposit at IZU.

Data from:
  MB92
  Table 1
  Line 24:
State/Prov/County:Istifane region, south eastern Morocco
Date:17-Aug-2005
Latitude:31°29.909’N
Longitude:5°43.044’W
Mass (g):40
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):15.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.8
Type spec mass (g):40
Institutions
   and collections		 IZU: Laboratory of Petrology, Mineralogy and Materials, Ibn Zohr University, Faculty of Sciences, Agadir, BP 8106, Morocco (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2011)
UHAC: Universite Hassan II Casablanca, Faculte des Sciences Ain Chock, Departement de Géologie, BP 5366 Maârif, Casablanca, Morocco (institutional address; updated 9 Jan 2013)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (31° 29' 55"N, 5° 43' 3"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 73 approved meteorites from Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco (plus 4 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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