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Acfer 396
Basic information Name: Acfer 396
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 148 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  CR2
Recommended:  CR2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 187 approved meteorites classified as CR2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), and CR chondrites
Comments: Approved 30 Aug 2011
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Writeup from MB 100:

Acfer 396        27°30.72’N, 3°53.87’E

Tamanghasset, Algeria

Found: Oct 2001

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CR2)

Petrography: Average chondrule size of 900 μm. There are coarse metal grains in matrix and decorating chondrule surfaces. The metal grains are up to 1000 μm. Likely paired with Acfer 394, 395, and 397. Other CR chondrites from Acfer have been found in the same area and may also be paired with these samples.

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 5:
State/Prov/County:Tamanghasset
Date:Oct 2001
Latitude:27°30.72'N
Longitude:3°53.87'E
Mass (g):148
Pieces:1
Class:CR2
Shock stage:S1/2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):1.2±0.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.0
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0
Classifier:Ellen Harju and Alan Rubin
Type spec mass (g):29
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Richard Pélisson
Finder:Richard Pélisson
Comments:Submitted by Ellen Harju and Alan Rubin
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (27° 30' 43"N, 3° 53' 52"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 424 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1294 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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