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Ksar Ghilane 015
Basic information Name: Ksar Ghilane 015
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: KG 015
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Tunisia
Mass:help 10.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6557 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [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 015 (KG 015)        32.889° N, 9.884° E

Quibili, Tunisia

Found: April 2012

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)

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

Petrography: Fairly well-developed chondrules within a recrystallized matrix.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa18.1-18.2), orthopyroxene (Fs16.4-16.9Wo1.7-1.6), clinopyroxene (Fs6.0-6.4Wo46.1-45.6).

Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Quibili
Date:April 2012
Latitude:32.889° N
Longitude:9.884° E
Mass (g):10.06
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.1-18.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.4-16.9
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7-1.6
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):2.36
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:F. Kuntz
Finder:Kuntz
Comments:JF 004; 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° 53' 20"N, 9° 53' 2"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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