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Acfer 248

Basic information

Name: Acfer 248
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Algeria
Mass: 402 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 73	(1992)	L3.9/4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L3.9
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L3.9/4
Recommended:			L3.9/4 [explanation]

This is the only approved meteorite classified as L3.9/4.
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB73
  Table 1
  Line 55:

Latitude:	27°38.14'N
Longitude:	04°01.52'E
Mass (g):	402
Pieces:	5
Class:	L3.9/4
Fayalite (mol%):	25.5 ± 1.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	18.1 ± 6.3
Classifier:	A. Bischoff and T. Geiger, Institut fir Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-4400 Munster, Germany.; Analysts: A. Bischoff, T. Geiger, T. Grund
Main mass:	Museum fur Naturkunde, Humboldt Universitat Berlin Germany (also the Algerian meteorites listed in Bulletin 71 72)

Institutions
and collections

Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)

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Geography:

Algeria

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 38' 8"N, 4° 1' 31"E)
Recommended::	(27° 38' 8"N, 4° 1' 31"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.1 m apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 426 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
This is 1 of 1315 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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