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Kerman 198
Basic information Name: Kerman 198
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Iran
Mass:help 43 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 10884 approved meteorites (plus 19 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)
Comments: Approved 3 Aug 2017
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Writeup from MB 106:

Kerman 198        30°45.801’N, 57°47.911’E

Kerman, Iran

Find: 2016 May

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

Physical characteristics: Fusion crust is partly preserved.

Petrography: Microscopic observations of a polished mount reveal a chondritic texture with recrystallized matrix. Chondrules are readily delineated. Plagioclase average size is less than 50 μm. Weathering products occur as veins and in situ alteration of FeNi metal and troilite.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Kerman
Origin or pseudonym:Kalout region of Lut desert
Date:2016 May
Latitude:30°45.801'N
Longitude:57°47.911'E
Mass (g):43
Pieces:6
Class:H5
Weathering grade:W4
Magnetic suscept.:4.54
Classifier:H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):12
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Hojjat Kamali (Afshin Paris, Afshin Meteorite Hunting Group)
Finder:Hojjat Kamali (Afshin Paris, Afshin Meteorite Hunting Group)
Comments:Work name AF378.; submitted by Hamed Pourkhorsandi
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018)
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References: Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Geography:

Iran
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (30° 45' 48"N, 57° 47' 55"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 306 approved meteorites from Kerman, Iran
     This is 1 of 355 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 1 unapproved name)
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