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| Basic information | Name: Bechar 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1998 Country: Algeria Mass:  39 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 10992 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 83:
Bechar 001 and 002 Algeria Found before 1998 August Ordinary chondrites (L5 and H6) Two large stones (39 kg and 12 kg) plus a number of small fragments were sold to Bruno Fectay and Carine Bidaut by nomads. They later recognized that an 18 g piece (now called Bechar 002) was higher in metal than the main masses and therefore was not paired. Classification and mineralogy (P. Sipiera, Harper). Bechar 001: olivine, Fa25.3; pyroxene, Fs20. Bechar 002: olivine, Fa18.5; pyroxene, Fs16.4Wo1.4. Specimens: type specimens, 140 g (Bechar 001) and 15 g (Bechar 002), DuPont; main masses, Fectay. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
DuPont: James M. DuPont Meteorite Collection, Deposited at FMNH in 2008., United States (private address; updated 1 Jun 2012) Fectay: Bruno Fectay and Carine Bidaut, La Memoire de la Terre SARL, 39800 Aumont, France; Website (private address) Harper: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 18 approved meteorites from Bechar, Algeria This is 1 of 979 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 26 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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