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Daoura
Basic information Name: Daoura
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1952
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 35 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 8  (1958)  Chondrite
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 8:
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DAOURA, Algeria, Africa. Stone.

Literature: 1. Compt. Rend. Soc. Geolog. France, 1953, pp. 47-49. /MA-12-610/.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 8, Moscow (1958)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (29° 35'N, 3° 45'W)
     Recommended::   (29° 35'N, 3° 45'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 35 approved meteorites from Bechar, 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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