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Ksar Ghilane 019
Basic information Name: Ksar Ghilane 019
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: KG 019
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Tunisia
Mass:help 22 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  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 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 17
Latitude:32°48.579'N
Longitude:9°49.781'E
Mass (g):22
Pieces:2
Class:L6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):24.6±0.2 (24.2-24.9, n=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.3±0.1 (21.1-21.4, n=10)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1±0.2 (1.0-1.4)
Classifier:J. Llorca, UPC
Type spec mass (g):6.0
Type spec location:UPC
Main mass:Ion Ander Lanza
Finder:Bechir Ben Mohed
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° 48' 35"N, 9° 49' 47"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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