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Isoulane-n-Amahar
Basic information Name: Isoulane-n-Amahar
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1945
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 72 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 8  (1958)  Stone
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11509 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 8:
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ISOULANE-n-AMAHAR, Africa. Stone.

Literature: l. C. r. Acad. Sci., 1956, 242, No. 19, 2369-2372. /MA-13-361/.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 8, Moscow (1958)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 7' 45"N, 8° 40' 2"E)
     Recommended::   (27° 7' 45"N, 8° 40' 2"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1 m apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Illizi, Algeria
     This is 1 of 1088 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 26 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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