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El-Shaikh Fadl 001
Basic information Name: El-Shaikh Fadl 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ESF 001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Egypt
Mass:help 476 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11077 approved meteorites (plus 22 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 27 Sep 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Bahr al Ahmar
Date:Apr 2010
Latitude:28°10.16'N
Longitude:31°25.75'E
Mass (g):476
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.5
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2
Classifier:C. A. Lorenz, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):127.7
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:Field name is CH500; submitted by C.A. Lorenz
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

Egypt
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (28° 10' 10"N, 31° 25' 45"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites from Al Bahr al Ahmar, Egypt
     This is 1 of 127 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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