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Ksar Ghilane 008
Basic information Name: Ksar Ghilane 008
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: KG 008
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Tunisia
Mass:help 295 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11568 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 13 Oct 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 548:
State/Prov/County:Quibili
Date:31 Jan 2011
Latitude:32º45.664'N
Longitude:9º51.979'E
Mass (g):295
Pieces:3
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):17.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.0
Wollastonite (mol%):2.9
Classifier:J. Llorca, UPC
Type spec mass (g):22.4
Type spec location:UPC
Main mass:José Vicente Casado
Finder:Jose Vicente Casado-David Allepuz-Jordi Llorca
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° 45' 40"N, 9° 51' 59"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 20 approved meteorites from Quibili, Tunisia
     This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites from Tunisia
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