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Marsa Alam 019
Basic information Name: Marsa Alam 019
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MA 019
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Egypt
Mass:help 291 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6826 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 26 Feb 2017
Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Bahr al Ahmar
Origin or pseudonym:Desert
Date:15 Mar 2015
Latitude:24°43.02'N
Longitude:35°03.39'E
Mass (g):290.5
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.6±0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.0±0.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.1
Classifier:M. A. Ivanova, Vernad.
Type spec mass (g):41.7
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Mr. Kryachko T. V.
Finder:Mr. Kryachko Timur V.
Comments:Field number Sa 7; submitted by M. A. Ivanova
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 Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Timur Kryachko   
Geography:

Egypt
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 43' 1"N, 35° 3' 23"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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