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El Blida 002
Basic information Name: El Blida 002
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 286 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6500 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB84
  Table 11
  Line 2:
Date:1998
Latitude: 29°55'N
Longitude: 5°25'W
Mass (g):>286
Pieces:many
Class:H6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):19.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.5
Classifier:A. Bischoff (Mün),
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:JNMC (except Lahmada 009 7120 g at JNMC)
Comments:shock veins
Institutions
   and collections		 JNMC: jnmczurich, P.O. Box 208, CH-8155 Niederhasli, Switzerland; Website (private address; updated 4 Feb 2014)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Don Edwards   
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Gerald Armstrong   
Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (29° 55'N, 5° 25'W)
     Recommended::   (29° 55'N, 5° 25'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 73 approved meteorites from Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco (plus 4 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1967 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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