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Sahara 98144
Basic information Name: Sahara 98144
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: (Sahara)
Mass:help 34 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  H4-6
Recommended:  H4-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites classified as H4-6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 31 Mar 2019
Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Origin or pseudonym:Desert
Date:1998
Mass (g):34.0
Pieces:1
Class:H4-6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):17.8±0.4 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.4 ±0.3 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.1 (n=5)
Classifier:K. Klemm and A Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):5.9
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Labenne
Comments:Br; submitted by Klemm K.
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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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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