Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Kerman 201

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Kerman 201

Basic information

Name: Kerman 201
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Iran
Mass: 93 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11284 approved meteorites (plus 22 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

Writeup

Writeup from MB 106:

Kerman 201 30°54.283’N, 58°1.233’E

Kerman, Iran

Find: 2015 March

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

Petrography: Microscopic observations of a polished mount reveal a chondritic texture with recrystallized matrix. Chondrules are readily delineated. 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. Some parts show higher weathering degress (W3). Remnants of troilite rims. Alteration of troilite to pyrite/marcasite.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Kerman
Origin or pseudonym:	Kalout region of Lut desert
Date:	2015 March
Latitude:	30°54.283'N
Longitude:	58°1.233'E
Mass (g):	93
Pieces:	2
Class:	H5
Weathering grade:	W2
Magnetic suscept.:	4.62
Classifier:	H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	21
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	with finder
Finder:	Hesamaddin and Abolghasem Meymandi
Comments:	Work name AM43.; submitted by Hamed Pourkhorsandi

Institutions
and collections

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° 54' 17"N, 58° 1' 14"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 312 approved meteorites from Kerman, Iran
This is 1 of 379 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 1 unapproved name)

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