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El-Shaikh Fadl 003
Basic information Name: El-Shaikh Fadl 003
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ESF 003
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Egypt
Mass:help 73 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 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 27 Sep 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Bahr al Ahmar
Date:2009 Dec
Latitude:28°13.79'N
Longitude:31°5.77'E
Mass (g):73
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):18.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.9
Wollastonite (mol%):0.92
Classifier:M. A. Ivanova, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):15
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:Field name is Al-Maasa 001 II-1-S; 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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Timur Kryachko   
Geography:

Egypt
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (28° 13' 47"N, 31° 5' 46"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 70 approved meteorites from Al Bahr al Ahmar, Egypt
     This is 1 of 129 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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