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Ksar Ghilane 012

Basic information

Name: Ksar Ghilane 012
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: KG 012
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Tunisia
Mass: 19.2 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 102	(2013)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 7010 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 3 Jun 2013

Writeup

Writeup from MB 102:

Ksar Ghilane 012 (KG 012) 32.870° N, 9.921° E

Quibili, Tunisia

Found: April 2012

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6)

History: Found by F. Kuntz in April 2012 while prospecting for meteorites in the desert west of Tataouine, Tunisia.

Petrography: Extensively recrystallized with sparse chondrule remnants.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_19.0-19.4), orthopyroxene (Fs_17.3-17.5Wo_0.9-1.5), clinopyroxene (Fs_6.4-6.8Wo_45.5-44.8).

Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Quibili
Date:	April 2012
Latitude:	32.870° N
Longitude:	9.921° E
Mass (g):	19.22
Pieces:	1
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	19.0-19.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.3-17.5
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.9-1.5
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	5.42
Type spec location:	PSF
Main mass:	F. Kuntz
Finder:	Kuntz
Comments:	JF 001; submitted by P. Sipiera

Institutions
and collections

PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)

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References:

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

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Geography:

Tunisia

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(32° 52' 12"N, 9° 55' 16"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 20 approved meteorites from Quibili, Tunisia
This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites from Tunisia (plus 1 unapproved name)

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