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Great Sand Sea 038
Basic information Name: Great Sand Sea 038
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GSS 038
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: Egypt
Mass:help 146 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 98  (2010)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12023 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 25 Jan 2010
Data from:
  MB98
  Table 1
  Line 13:
State/Prov/County:Al Wadi al Jadid
Date:3-Jan-2007
Latitude:26°49.55'N
Longitude:27°08.54'E
Mass (g):146.04
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S4/5
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.8±0.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.1±0.6
Magnetic suscept.:4.85
Classifier:L. Ferrière & M. Bourot
Type spec mass (g):24.5
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:L. Ferrière
Comments:Submitted by L. Ferrière
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. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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Geography:

Egypt
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (26° 49' 33"N, 27° 8' 32"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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