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Gandom Beryan 007
Basic information Name: Gandom Beryan 007
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Iran
Mass:help 1430 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 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 11 Sep 2017
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Writeup from MB 106:

Gandom Beryan 007        31° 52.783’N, 57° 6.583’E

Kerman, Iran

Find: 2017 January

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.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:Kerman
Date:2017 January
Latitude:31° 52.783'N
Longitude:57° 6.583'E
Mass (g):1430
Pieces:27
Class:H5
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.6 (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.1 (n=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1
Magnetic suscept.:4.91
Classifier:H. Pourkhorsandi and J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):29
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:with finders
Finder:Shahriar Sabouri, Majid Khatami, and Mehdi Moazzam
Comments:Work name SA3.; submitted by Hamed Pourkhorsandi
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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::   (31° 52' 47"N, 57° 6' 35"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 314 approved meteorites from Kerman, Iran
     This is 1 of 390 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 1 unapproved name)
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