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Rhall Amane 001
Basic information Name: Rhall Amane 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: Mauritania
Mass:help 224 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 92  (2007)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6556 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [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 19:
State/Prov/County:Rhall Amane, Mauritania (see IGN map 1/
Date:27-Jan-2005
Latitude:23°17.55'N
Longitude:10°10.49'W
Mass (g):224
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.89±0.48
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.3±0.31
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):20.53
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:Goueslain and Parodi
Institutions
   and collections
MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)
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Geography:

Mauritania
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (23° 17' 33"N, 10° 10' 29"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 33 approved meteorites from Tiris Zemmour, Mauritania (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 232 approved meteorites from Mauritania (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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