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El Atchane 014
Basic information Name: El Atchane 014
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 13 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  L~5
Recommended:  L~5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 72 approved meteorites classified as L~5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 5 Nov 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 404:
State/Prov/County:Ouargla
Origin or pseudonym:Reg El Golea
Date:1997 Dec
Latitude:29°10'N
Longitude:3°44'E
Mass (g):13
Pieces:1
Class:L~5
Weathering grade:W2
Magnetic suscept.:4.55
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):2.6
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:anonymous
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Well-defined chondrules to 2 mm in a recrystallized matrix; submitted by Bartoschewitz
Institutions
   and collections
Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (29° 10'N, 3° 44'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 49 approved meteorites from Ouargla, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1356 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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