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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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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  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 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
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CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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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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Tunisia
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (32° 53' 29"N, 9° 54' 46"E)

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     This is 1 of 20 approved meteorites from Quibili, Tunisia
     This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites from Tunisia
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