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Acfer 023
Basic information Name: Acfer 023
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1989
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 118 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 71  (1991)  H3
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3.8
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3.8
Recommended:  H3.8    [explanation]

This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites classified as H3.8.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB71
  Table 1
  Line 1:
Latitude:27°31'N
Longitude:3°55'E
Mass (g):118
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Fayalite (mol%):13.8 ± 2.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):12.9 ± 9.0
Classifier:J. Otto, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Albert-Str.23b, Universitat Freiburg, D-7800 Freiburg, Germany
Type spec location:J. Otto, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Albert-Str.23b, Universitat Freiburg, D-7800 Freiburg, Germany
Main mass:finder
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 71, Meteoritics 26, 255-262 (1991)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 31'N, 3° 55'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 31'N, 3° 55'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 417 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1088 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 26 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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