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El-Shaikh Fadl 006
Basic information Name: El-Shaikh Fadl 006
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ESF 006
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Egypt
Mass:help 52.2 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 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 4 Mar 2014
Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Bahr al Ahmar
Date:Apr 2010
Latitude:28°11.29'N
Longitude:31°16.73'E
Mass (g):52.15
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.9
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2
Classifier:C. A. Lorenz, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):10.4
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:Submitted by C.A. Lorenz
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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. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Geography:

Egypt
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (28° 11' 17"N, 31° 16' 44"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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