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Iran 018
Basic information Name: Iran 018
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Iran
Mass:help 1616 g
Classification
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Recommended:  L/LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 28 approved meteorites classified as L/LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 4-7), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 1 Aug 2021
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Iran 018

Semnan, Iran

Purchased: 2016 Apr

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L/LL6)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Recrystallized chondrite. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L/LL6). The chemistry and the magnetic susceptibility (reflecting metal content) is intermediate between L and LL groups, hence the L/LL classification.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:Semnan
Place of purchase:Iran
Date:P 2016 Apr
Mass (g):1616
Pieces:1
Class:L/LL6
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):26.2 (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.7 (n=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8
Magnetic suscept.:4.34
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):42
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Mehdi Zarrabi
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name MZ51; 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 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:

Iran
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Semnan, Iran
     This is 1 of 377 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 1 unapproved name)

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