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Ksar Mehiri 003
Basic information Name: Ksar Mehiri 003
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: KM 003
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: Tunisia
Mass:help 30.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 31 Mar 2014
Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Tatawin
Origin or pseudonym:desert soil surface
Date:2013 Jan 16
Latitude:32°47.97'N
Longitude:10°52.30'E
Mass (g):30.8
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.6±0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.6±0.3
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9±0.1
Magnetic suscept.:4.21
Classifier:M. Aboulahris, J. Gattacceca, N. Laridhi-Ouazaa
Type spec mass (g):6.5
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Pierre-Marie Pelé
Finder:Pierre-Marie Pelé
Comments:Found by Pierre-Marie Pelé while prospecting in the Beni M'hira strewn field; submitted by J. Gattacceca
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CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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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:

Tunisia
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (32° 47' 58"N, 10° 52' 18"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 37 approved meteorites from Tatawin, Tunisia
     This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites from Tunisia
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