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Ravar 002
Basic information Name: Ravar 002
     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 9.28 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 9 Jun 2017
Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Kerman
Date:29 Mar 2016
Latitude:31°54.19'N
Longitude:56°52.44'E
Mass (g):9280
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):24±0.1 (N=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.1±0.3 (N=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9±0.2 (N=5)
Classifier:Lorenz C.A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):1565
Type spec location:Vernad.
Main mass:Mr. T. V. Kryachko, [email protected]
Comments:Field name IRANTOWN-002; analyst N.N. Kononkova (Vernad); submitted by Lorenz C.A., Vernad
Institutions
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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:

Iran
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (31° 54' 11"N, 56° 52' 26"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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