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Sahara 02002
Basic information Name: Sahara 02002
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Sahara)
Mass:help 333 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 96  (2009)  URE
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 674 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Comments: Approved 23 Apr 2009
Data from:
  MB96
  Table 1
  Line 12:
State/Prov/County:Sahara
Date:Feb-2002
Latitude:z+0°08.36'N
Longitude:w+0°28.00'W
Mass (g):333
Pieces:1
Class:URE
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):21.2 ± 0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.6 ± 0.4
Wollastonite (mol%):9.2 ± 0.3
Magnetic suscept.:4.33
Classifier:M. Bourot- Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):28
Type spec location:MNHN
Main mass:Labenne
Comments:Monomict
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012)
MNHN: 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. 96, MAPS 44, 1355-1397 (2009)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1037 approved meteorites from (Sahara) (plus 1 unapproved name)

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