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El Atchane 011
Basic information Name: El Atchane 011
     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 2.89 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  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)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 6
  Line 21:
Date:22 Dec 2002
Latitude:30°01.179'N
Longitude:4°33.337'E
Mass (g):2886.4
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1/2
Fayalite (mol%):17.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.8
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):30
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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Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (30° 1' 11"N, 4° 33' 20"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 49 approved meteorites from Ouargla, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1356 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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