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Sahara 98048 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Sahara 98048 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1998 Country: (Sahara) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 76 approved meteorites classified as H3-6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 29 Dec 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 106:
Sahara 98048 Sahara Find: 1998 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3-6) History: Sample was found 1998 by the Labenne-group. The coordinates are unknown. Petrography: The sample is a breccia and contains fragments of different petrologic type, most fragments are recrystallized (types 5 and 6) and some are unequilibrated. Geochemistry: Olivine compositions are Fa15.8-19.9 (mean 17.3±1.4, n=6), pyroxene compositions are Fs5.7-31.2Wo0.3-1.6 (mean Fs16.4±8.2Wo1.2±0.5, n=6). The equilibrated clasts have olivine compositions of Fa17.2±0.2 (n=3) and pyroxene compositions of Fs15.5±0.3Wo1.4±0.2 (n=3). Classification: Brecciated H chondrite (H3-6) based on mineral compositions and chondrule size. Very weakly shocked (S2), weathering degree: W2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012) Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012) |
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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 1037 approved meteorites from (Sahara) (plus 1 unapproved name) |