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Gandom Beryan 006
Basic information Name: Gandom Beryan 006
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Iran
Mass:help 2 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11150 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)
Comments: Approved 11 Sep 2017
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Writeup from MB 106:

Gandom Beryan 006        31° 53.650’N, 57° 2.833’E

Kerman, Iran

Find: 2017 January

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

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. FeNi metal and troilite are well separated. Weathering products occur as veins and in situ alteration of FeNi metal and troilite.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:Kerman
Date:2017 January
Latitude:31° 53.650'N
Longitude:57° 2.833'E
Mass (g):2000
Pieces:110
Class:H5
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):18.1 (n=2)
Magnetic suscept.:4.87
Classifier:H. Pourkhorsandi and J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):40
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:with finders
Finder:Shahriar Sabouri, Majid Khatami, and Mehdi Moazzam
Comments:Work name SA2.; 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)
Catalogs:
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::   (31° 53' 39"N, 57° 2' 50"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 312 approved meteorites from Kerman, Iran
     This is 1 of 377 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 1 unapproved name)
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