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Zillah 002
Basic information Name: Zillah 002
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Libya
Mass:help 172 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  Eucrite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Eucrite
Recommended:  Eucrite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 569 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 81:
Date:12 Oct 1990
Latitude:29°02.220"N
Longitude:17°01.110'E
Mass (g):172
Pieces:1
Class:Euc
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Ferrosilite (mol%):61±1.2
Classifier:A. Sokol, A. Bischoff and M. Niemeier, Mün
Type spec mass (g):20
Main mass:J. Wassmann
Finder:J. Wassmann
Comments:sv; cv; found a few m from Zillah 001; (data±1 mol% EDS analyses)
Institutions
   and collections		 Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (29° 2' 13"N, 17° 1' 7"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
     This is 1 of 1537 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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