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Sahara 97218
Basic information Name: Sahara 97218
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: (Sahara)
Mass:help 502 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6415 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 29 Dec 2017
Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
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Origin or pseudonym:Desert
Date:1997
Mass (g):502.0
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2-3
Fayalite (mol%):17.3±0.3 (n=20)
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.6±0.4 (n=16)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.8±0.4 (n=16)
Classifier:K. Klemm, A. Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):19.3
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Labenne
Comments:Submitted by Ebert S.
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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1037 approved meteorites from (Sahara) (plus 1 unapproved name)

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