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Rebiana
Basic information Name: Rebiana
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass:help 459 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  L/LL5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L/LL5
Recommended:  L/LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 19 approved meteorites classified as L/LL5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 4-7), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 7
  Line 94:
Date:2000
Latitude:24°58.70'N
Longitude:4°53.10'E
Mass (g):459
Pieces:1
Class:L/LL5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):26.19
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.35
Wollastonite (mol%):1.37
Classifier:P. Sipiera and K. J. Cole, Harper
Type spec mass (g):29
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:Gomet
Finder:Gomet on sandy soil while crossing erg Rebiana between Koufra and Tazurbu
Institutions
   and collections		 PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
Gomet: D. Gomet, lieu dit Lahouratte, 40180 Heim, France (private address)
Harper: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 58' 42"N, 21° 53' 6"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Al Kufrah, Libya (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1538 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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