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Acfer 401

Basic information

Name: Acfer 401
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Algeria
Mass: 9 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 101	(2012)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 8 Nov 2012

Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Tamanghasset
Date:	2002
Latitude:	27°41.35'N
Longitude:	4°26.56'E
Mass (g):	9.00
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	23.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	19.2
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5
Classifier:	V. Moggi Cecchi, G. Pratesi, S. Caporali, MSP
Type spec mass (g):	2.00
Type spec location:	OAM
Main mass:	OAM
Finder:	Flisi
Comments:	Submitted by Vanni Moggi Cecchi

Institutions
and collections

MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Oct 2022)
OAM: Museo del Cielo e della Terra Vicolo Baciadonne 1 40017 San Giovanni in Persiceto ( BO) Italy Osservatorio Astronomico e Museo "Giorgio Abetti", San Giovanni Persiceto, Bologna, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 31 Oct 2012)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015

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Geography:

Algeria

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(27° 41' 21"N, 4° 26' 34"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 426 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
This is 1 of 1356 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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