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Jabal Zaltan 001
Basic information Name: Jabal Zaltan 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Libya
Mass:help 151.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8891 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 17 Jul 2018
Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Ajdabiya
Origin or pseudonym:Arid Plateau
Date:2006
Latitude:28.28583°N
Longitude:20.31391°E
Mass (g):151.3
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Weathering grade:W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):24.7±1.4 (n=14)
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.1±2.6 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.3±0.7 (n=5)
Classifier:R. Greenwood, OU
Type spec mass (g):103
Type spec location:OU
Main mass:Joe Bazyk
Finder:Joe Bazyk
Comments:work name D; submitted by Richard Greenwood, Hélène Greenwood
Institutions
   and collections		 OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (28° 17' 9"N, 20° 18' 50"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 15 approved meteorites from Ajdabiya, Libya (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1553 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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