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Adrar 006
Basic information Name: Adrar 006
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 1564 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Nov 2020
Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Adrar
Date:Sep 2017
Latitude:27°57'54.78"N
Longitude:0° 8'40.42"E
Mass (g):1564
Pieces:9
Class:H5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):18.22
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.45
Wollastonite (mol%):1.10
Classifier:Imene Kerraouch (USTHB) and Michael E. Zolensky (NASA-JSC)
Type spec mass (g):100
Type spec location:IST-USTHB
Main mass:Algiers Lab
Comments:Submitted by Imene Kerraouch
Institutions
   and collections		 IST-USTHB: Earth Science Institute, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene (USTHB), bp32, ElAlia, BabEzzouar, 16000 Algiers, Algeria (institutional address; updated 26 Nov 2020)
USTHB: Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, Algers, Algeria; Website (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (27° 57' 55"N, 0° 8' 40"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 201 approved meteorites from Adrar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1356 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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