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Ksar Ghilane 018
Basic information Name: Ksar Ghilane 018
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: KG 018
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Tunisia
Mass:help 40 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  LL4
Recommended:  LL4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 396 approved meteorites classified as LL4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 7 May 2015
Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Quibili
Origin or pseudonym:Stone desert east from Ksar Ghilane
Date:2014 Mar 15
Latitude:32°58.736'N
Longitude:9°55.945'E
Mass (g):40
Pieces:1
Class:LL4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):27.2±0.5 (26.6-28.1, n=17)
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.3±0.5 (16.4-27.9, n=29)
Classifier:J. Llorca, UPC
Type spec mass (g):11.5
Type spec location:UPC
Main mass:José Vicente Casado
Finder:José Vicente Casado
Comments:Submitted by Jordi Llorca
Institutions
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UPC: Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Diagonal 647, ed. ETSEIB, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, Spain (institutional address; updated 3 May 2015)
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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:

Tunisia
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (32° 58' 44"N, 9° 55' 57"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 20 approved meteorites from Quibili, Tunisia
     This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites from Tunisia
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