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Gourara
Basic information Name: Gourara
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 1272 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6375 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 29:
Date:Nov 2002
Latitude:29°45.53'N
Longitude:1°53.08' E
Mass (g):1272
Pieces:25
Class:H6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.7
Classifier:G. Pratesi and V. Moggi Cecchi, MSP
Type spec mass (g):1272
Institutions
   and collections		 MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 5 Mar 2014)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (29° 45' 32"N, 1° 53' 5"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites from Ghardaia, Algeria
     This is 1 of 1194 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 28 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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