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Acfer 386
Basic information Name: Acfer 386
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 200 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 92  (2007)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8690 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 24 Jul 2007
Data from:
  MB92
  Table 1
  Line 1:
State/Prov/County:Tamanghasset, Algeria
Date:Jan-2004
Latitude:27°21.61'N
Longitude:03°42.00'E
Mass (g):200
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4
Classifier:V. Cecchi Moggi and G. Pratesi MSP
Type spec mass (g):20.4
Type spec location:MSP
Main mass:MSP
Institutions
   and collections		 MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Oct 2022)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (27° 21' 37"N, 3° 42' 0"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 426 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1306 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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