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Sahara 99339
Basic information Name: Sahara 99339
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: (Sahara)
Mass:help 32.4 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L/LL3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  LL(L)3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L/LL3.5
Recommended:  L/LL3.5    [explanation]

This is the only approved meteorite classified as L/LL3.5.
Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 3), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB84
  Table 10
  Line 18:
Latitude:z+0°09'32"
Longitude:w+0°28'26"
Mass (g):32.4
Pieces:1
Class:LL(L)3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):14.4±8.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.7±10.4
Classifier:A. Bischoff and L. Niemann (Mün)
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:Labenne
Comments:subtype <3.5
Institutions
   and collections		 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. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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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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