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Ksar Ghilane 013
Basic information Name: Ksar Ghilane 013
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: KG 013
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Tunisia
Mass:help 37.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12021 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [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
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Writeup from MB 102:

Ksar Ghilane 013 (KG 013)        32.869° N, 9.914° E

Quibili, Tunisia

Found: April 2012

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

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

Petrography: Sparse chondrules are present within a recrystallized matrix.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa20.0-20.4), orthopyroxene (Fs17.4-17.5Wo1.3-1.4), clinopyroxene (Fs7.0-11.9Wo45.2-43.9).

Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Quibili
Date:April 2012
Latitude:32.869° N
Longitude:9.914° E
Mass (g):37.4
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):20.0-20.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.4-17.5
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3-1.4
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):8.17
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:F. Kuntz
Finder:Kuntz
Comments:JF 002; 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' 8"N, 9° 54' 50"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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