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Marsa Alam 029
Basic information Name: Marsa Alam 029
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MA 029
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: Egypt
Mass:help 0.87 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 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 10 Jan 2021
Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Bahr al Ahmar
Date:26 Oct 2020
Latitude:25°7.63'N
Longitude:34°50.02'E
Mass (g):0.87
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.3±0.3 (N=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.5±0.1 (N=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7±0.3 (N=12)
Classifier:Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):0.25
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Mr. M. Nepomiluev, [email protected]
Finder:Mr. M. Nepomiluev
Comments:Field name is Misha-E-5; analyst T. Kryachko (Technograd, Moscow); submitted by Lorenz C.A., Vernad
Institutions
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Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
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References: Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Geography:

Egypt
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 7' 38"N, 34° 50' 1"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 70 approved meteorites from Al Bahr al Ahmar, Egypt
     This is 1 of 129 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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