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Ksar Ghilane 021
Basic information Name: Ksar Ghilane 021
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: KG 021
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: Tunisia
Mass:help 167 g
Classification
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Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 10864 approved meteorites (plus 19 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 13 Feb 2021
Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Quibili
Date:2020 Feb 13
Latitude:32°53'28.9"N
Longitude:09°54'46.3"E
Mass (g):167
Pieces:6
Class:H5
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):19.0±0.1 (n=3)
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.2 (n=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1
Magnetic suscept.:4.68
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Jean Redelsperger
Finder:Jean Redelsperger and Claude Roy
Comments:work name JR082. Six fragments without fusion crust.; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Geography:

Tunisia
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (32° 53' 29"N, 9° 54' 46"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 20 approved meteorites from Quibili, Tunisia
     This is 1 of 81 approved meteorites from Tunisia
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