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Bou Kra 003

Basic information

Name: Bou Kra 003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Western Sahara
Mass: 50 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 102	(2013)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 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 29 Mar 2013

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Saguia el Hamra
Date:	27 Sep 2010
Latitude:	26°48'39.20''N
Longitude:	12°43'07.10''W
Mass (g):	50
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	23.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	12.6
Type spec location:	MNB
Main mass:	SBuhl
Finder:	Svend Buhl
Comments:	Found at 12:45 hrs while meteorite searching on the Hamada plateau of Grart Nwimissiat (south of the Qued Saquia al Hamra and north of Dayet Hamada) on fine-grained limestone and chert desert pavement.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
SBuhl: Meteorite Recon (Mr. S Buhl), Muehlendamm 86, 22087 Hamburg, Germany (private address; updated 14 May 2010)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015

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Geography:

Western Sahara

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(26° 48' 39"N, 12° 43' 7"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 117 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara (plus 1 unapproved name)
This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names)

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