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Acfer 089
Basic information Name: Acfer 089
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 682 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 71  (1991)  H5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 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:
  MB71
  Table 1
  Line 22:
Latitude:27°38'N
Longitude:4°18'E
Mass (g):682
Pieces:3
Class:H5
Fayalite (mol%):18.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.65
Classifier:A. Bischoff, Institut fur Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-4400 Munster, Germany; analysts: A. Bischoff, W. Beckerling, M. EndreB, T. Geiger, T. Grund, K. Metzler
Type spec location:A. Bischoff, Institut fur Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-4400 Munster, Germany
Main mass:finder
Comments:Br
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Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 71, Meteoritics 26, 255-262 (1991)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 38'N, 4° 18'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 38'N, 4° 18'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 426 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1344 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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