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Kerman 004
Basic information Name: Kerman 004
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Iran
Mass:help 70 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11487 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 7 Jul 2016
Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Kerman
Origin or pseudonym:Kalout region of Lut desert
Date:2016 Feb 12
Latitude:30°45.614'N
Longitude:57°47.690'E
Mass (g):70
Pieces:2
Class:H5
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.9 (N=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.2 (N=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4
Magnetic suscept.:4.60
Classifier:H. Pourkhorsandi and J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):15.5
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:with finder
Finder:Dariush Asemani (D.T.B -group# 24 AsemanSang Co.)
Comments:Workname IR21. Chromite and plagioclase assemblages. Chromite maxmimum size 260 um.; submitted by Hamed Pourkhorsandi
Institutions
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CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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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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Geography:

Iran
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (30° 45' 37"N, 57° 47' 41"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 312 approved meteorites from Kerman, Iran
     This is 1 of 384 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 1 unapproved name)
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