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Aguemour 009
Basic information Name: Aguemour 009
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 1446 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 74  (1993)  L3.8
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L3.8
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3.8
Recommended:  L3.8    [explanation]

This is 1 of 69 approved meteorites classified as L3.8.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB74
  Table 2
  Line 2:
Latitude:27°25.71'N
Longitude:4°07.45'E
Mass (g):1446
Pieces:1
Class:L3.8
Fayalite (mol%):25.5±3.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.0±5.9
Classifier:T. Geiger and A. Bischoff, Institut fur Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D4400 Munster, Germany. Analysts: T. Geiger and T. Grund
Main mass:Museum fur Naturkunde, Humboldt Universitat Invalidenstr. 43 D-1000 Berlin Germany
Institutions
   and collections		 Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 74, Meteoritics 28, 146-153 (1993)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 25' 43"N, 4° 7' 27"E)
     Recommended::   (27° 25' 43"N, 4° 7' 27"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 426 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1315 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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Synonymshelp: Agemour 009 (From MetBase)

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