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Gourara 002
Basic information Name: Gourara 002
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 790 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 27 Mar 2015
Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Ghardaia
Date:2011
Latitude:29°34.57'N
Longitude:1°51.98'E
Mass (g):790
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):19.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3
Classifier:Vanni Moggi Cecchi, Giovanni Pratesi, Stefano Caporali, MSP
Type spec mass (g):45.01
Type spec location:MSP
Main mass:OAM
Finder:Flisi
Comments:Inv. # MSP 5210; submitted by Vanni Moggi Cecchi
Institutions
   and collections		 MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Oct 2022)
OAM: Museo del Cielo e della Terra Vicolo Baciadonne 1 40017 San Giovanni in Persiceto ( BO) Italy Osservatorio Astronomico e Museo "Giorgio Abetti", San Giovanni Persiceto, Bologna, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 31 Oct 2012)
Catalogs:
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:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (29° 34' 34"N, 1° 51' 59"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites from Ghardaia, Algeria
     This is 1 of 1356 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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