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Sahara 98441
Basic information Name: Sahara 98441
     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 70 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8862 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 31 Jan 2020
Data from:
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Origin or pseudonym:Desert
Date:1998
Mass (g):70.0
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1-2
Fayalite (mol%):24.7±1.1 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.4±0.3 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.2(n=5)
Classifier:K. Klemm and A. Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):5.8
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Labenne
Comments:Sv; submitted by Klemm K.
Institutions
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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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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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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