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Acfer 056

Basic information

Name: Acfer 056
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1989
Country: Algeria
Mass: 129 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 87	(2003)	L4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L4
Recommended:			L4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2051 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB87
  Table 5
  Line 1:

Latitude:	27°28'N
Longitude:	3°53'E
Mass (g):	129
Pieces:	1
Class:	L4
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W1/2
Fayalite (mol%):	23.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20
Classifier:	A. Sokol and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec mass (g):	20
Main mass:	JNMC

Institutions
and collections

JNMC: jnmczurich, P.O. Box 208, CH-8155 Niederhasli, Switzerland; Website (private address; updated 4 Feb 2014)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)

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Geography:

Algeria

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(27° 28'N, 3° 53'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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