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Acfer 393
Basic information Name: Acfer 393
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 74 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  H~6
Recommended:  H~6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 69 approved meteorites classified as H~6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 5 Nov 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 2:
State/Prov/County:Tamanghasset
Origin or pseudonym:Reg el Acfer
Date:1997 Dec
Latitude:27°35'N
Longitude:4°02'E
Mass (g):74
Pieces:1
Class:H~6
Weathering grade:W1
Magnetic suscept.:5.00
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):15
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:anonymous
Finder:anonymous
Comments:chondrules up to 2 mm in recrystallized matrix; submitted by Bartoschewitz
Institutions
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Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (27° 35'N, 4° 2'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 422 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1277 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 29 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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