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Kerman 031
Basic information Name: Kerman 031
     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 150 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 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 11
Latitude:30°45.545'N
Longitude:57°47.934'E
Mass (g):150.00
Pieces:14
Class:H5
Fayalite (mol%):18.5 (N=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.0 (N=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3
Magnetic suscept.:4.82
Classifier:H. Pourkhorsandi and J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):20.00
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:with finder
Finder:Afshin Group (Hojjat Kamali and Mohammad Reza Sajjadinia)
Comments:Workname AF10. Two different lithologies are preent, one more resistent to weathering (W1) than the other (W3). The W1 part shows bigger troilite and FeNi metal grains. A large troilite grain (2.2 mm) in the fresh part.; submitted by Hamed Pourkhorsandi
Institutions
   and collections		 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' 33"N, 57° 47' 56"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 314 approved meteorites from Kerman, Iran
     This is 1 of 390 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 1 unapproved name)
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