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Aridal 008

Basic information

Name: Aridal 008
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: Western Sahara
Mass: 104.3 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 10 Mar 2015

Data from:
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Origin or pseudonym:	granular sandy soil
Date:	2013 Apr 26
Latitude:	25°45.76'N
Longitude:	13°55.72'W
Mass (g):	104.3
Pieces:	4
Class:	H6
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	18.9±0.8 (n=7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.5±0.2 (n=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.0±0.2
Magnetic suscept.:	4.83
Classifier:	M. Aboulahris, J.Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	22.1
Type spec location:	FSAC
Main mass:	Andreas Koppelt
Finder:	Andreas Koppelt, Thomas Füllengraben
Comments:	Submitted by J. Gattacceca

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
FSAC: Universite Hassan II Casablanca, Faculte des Sciences Ain Chock, Departement de Géologie, BP 5366 Maârif, Casablanca, Morocco (institutional address; updated 9 Jan 2013)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full

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Geography:

Western Sahara

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(25° 45' 46"N, 13° 55' 43"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names)

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