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Acfer 387
Basic information Name: Acfer 387
     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 177 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 92  (2007)  H4-6
Recommended:  H4-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites classified as H4-6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 24 Jul 2007
Data from:
  MB92
  Table 1
  Line 2:
State/Prov/County:Tamanghasset, Algeria
Date:Jan-2004
Latitude:27°33.48'N
Longitude:04°00.90'E
Mass (g):177
Pieces:6
Class:H4-6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):14.0
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2
Classifier:V. Cecchi Moggi and G. Pratesi MSP
Type spec mass (g):22.8
Type spec location:MSP
Main mass:MSP
Comments:Brecciated
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. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (27° 33' 29"N, 4° 0' 54"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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