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Kerman 188 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Kerman 188 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: Iran Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 10191 approved meteorites (plus 18 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 3 Aug 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 106:
Kerman 188 30°42.067’N, 57°48.467’E Kerman, Iran Find: 2014 April Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) Petrography: Microscopic observations of a polished mount reveal a chondritic texture with recrystallized matrix. Chondrules are readily delineated. Some troilite rims remenants are present. Plagioclase average size is less than 50 μm. FeNi metal and troilite are well separated. Weathering products occur as veins and in situ alteration of FeNi metal and troilite. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018) |
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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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Geography:![]() |
Statistics: This is 1 of 299 approved meteorites from Kerman, Iran This is 1 of 326 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 1 unapproved name) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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