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Acfer 373
Basic information Name: Acfer 373
     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 128 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11238 approved meteorites (plus 22 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:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 11:
Date:Nov 2002
Latitude:26°37.55'N
Longitude:3°56.66' E
Mass (g):128
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Fayalite (mol%):18.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.6
Classifier:G. Pratesi and V. Moggi Cecchi, MSP
Type spec mass (g):128
Institutions
   and collections		 MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Oct 2022)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (26° 37' 33"N, 3° 56' 40"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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