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Kerman 127
Basic information Name: Kerman 127
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Iran
Mass:help 181 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  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 28 Mar 2017
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Writeup from MB 106:

Kerman 127        30°56.878’N, 57°39.283’E

Kerman, Iran

Find: 2014 Oct

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

Petrography: Chromite and plagioclase assemblages.

Classification: H5. Likely paired with Kerman 004.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:Kerman
Origin or pseudonym:Kalout region of Lut desert
Date:2014 Oct
Latitude:30°56.878'N
Longitude:57°39.283'E
Mass (g):181
Pieces:9
Class:H5
Weathering grade:W3
Magnetic suscept.:4.52
Classifier:H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):21
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:with finder
Finder:Hesamaddin and Abolghasem Meymandi
Comments:Workname AM25.; 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)
Catalogs:
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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Geography:

Iran
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (30° 56' 53"N, 57° 39' 17"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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