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El-Shaikh Fadl 007
Basic information Name: El-Shaikh Fadl 007
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ESF 007
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Egypt
Mass:help 8.2 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 13 Apr 2016
Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Bahr al Ahmar
Date:31 Mar 2010
Latitude:28°26.41'N
Longitude:31°3.89'E
Mass (g):8200
Pieces:many
Class:L5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):24.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.9
Wollastonite (mol%):2.1
Classifier:C. A. Lorenz, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):708
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Mr. T. V. Kryachko, [email protected]
Comments:Field name is ch_8200; analyst N.N. Kononkova (Vernad); submitted by C. A. Lorenz
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Timur Kryachko      
Geography:

Egypt
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (28° 26' 25"N, 31° 3' 53"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 70 approved meteorites from Al Bahr al Ahmar, Egypt
     This is 1 of 129 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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