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Kerman 052
Basic information Name: Kerman 052
     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 73 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11504 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 30 Dec 2016
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Writeup from MB 105:

Kerman 052        30°45.487’N, 57°47.661’E

Kerman, Iran

Find: 2016 March

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

Petrography: Chromite and plagioclase assemblages. Plagioclase maximum size 40 μm.

Classification: Probably paired with Kerman 004.

Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Kerman
Origin or pseudonym:Kalout region of Lut desert
Date:2016 March
Latitude:30°45.487'N
Longitude:57°47.661'E
Mass (g):73
Pieces:16
Class:H5
Weathering grade:W3
Magnetic suscept.:4.57
Classifier:H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:with finder
Finder:Afshin Group (Hojjat Kamali and Mohammad Reza Sajjadinia)
Comments:Workname AF19.; submitted by Hamed Pourkhorsandi
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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' 29"N, 57° 47' 40"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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