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Ksar Ghilane 001
Basic information Name: Ksar Ghilane 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: KG 001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Tunisia
Mass:help 5.51 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 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)
Comments: Approved 13 Oct 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 541:
State/Prov/County:Tatawin
Date:10 Jan 2008
Latitude:32°40.860'N
Longitude:9°43.723'E
Mass (g):5511
Pieces:129
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7
Classifier:J. Llorca, UPC
Type spec mass (g):47.8
Type spec location:UPC
Main mass:David Allepuz
Finder:David Allepuz - José Vicente Casado
Comments:Submitted by Jordi Llorca
Institutions
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UPC: Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Diagonal 647, ed. ETSEIB, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, Spain (institutional address; updated 3 May 2015)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Tunisia
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (32° 40' 52"N, 9° 43' 43"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 37 approved meteorites from Tatawin, Tunisia
     This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites from Tunisia
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