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Sahara 00225
Basic information Name: Sahara 00225
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Sahara)
Mass:help 64 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  E6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  E6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  E6
Recommended:  E6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites classified as E6.   [show all]
Search for other: Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 4-7), and Enstatite-rich meteorites
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 5
  Line 17:
Date:2000
Latitude:z+0°13'43"
Longitude:w+0°14'58"
Mass (g):64
Pieces:1
Class:E6
Weathering grade:W1
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.3
Classifier:A. Bischoff and T. Grund (Mün)
Main mass:Labenne
Comments:no relic chondrules in thin section, but some in hand specimen (information from finder); fresh interior
Institutions
   and collections		 Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)
Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1037 approved meteorites from (Sahara) (plus 1 unapproved name)

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