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Sahara 98077
Basic information Name: Sahara 98077
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: (Sahara)
Mass:help 6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  LL5
Recommended:  LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3298 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 31 Mar 2019
Data from:
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Origin or pseudonym:Desert
Date:1998
Mass (g):6.0
Pieces:1
Class:LL5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):27.2±0.3 (n=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.0±0.6 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6±0.2 (n=4)
Classifier:K. Klemm and A Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):0.9
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Labenne
Comments:Submitted by Klemm K.
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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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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