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El Atchane 010
Basic information Name: El Atchane 010
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 30.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  L3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 861 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 6
  Line 20:
Date:21 Dec 2002
Latitude:29°49.101'N
Longitude:4°22.937'E
Mass (g):30.5
Pieces:2
Class:L3
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.7-27.5
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):8
Main mass:A. Goueslain and J. L. Parodi
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (29° 49' 6"N, 4° 22' 56"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 51 approved meteorites from Ouargla, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1399 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 33 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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