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| Basic information | Name: Acfer 400 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2001 Country: Algeria Mass:  101 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 183 approved meteorites classified as CR2. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), and CR chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 28 Feb 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Acfer 400 27°30.05’N, 3°51.97’E Tamanghasset, Algeria Found: Oct 2001 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CR2) Petrography: Chondrules are up to 1.4 mm in diameter. There are coarse metal grains in matrix and decorating chondrule surfaces. The metal grains are up to 750 µm in maximum dimension. Likely paired with Acfer 394-400. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 9: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 420 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) This is 1 of 1250 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 29 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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