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Sahara 99784
Basic information Name: Sahara 99784
     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 140 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L5/6
Recommended:  L5/6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 191 approved meteorites classified as L5/6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 27 Sep 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:1999
Latitude:1
Mass (g):140
Pieces:1
Class:L5/6
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.5
Classifier:A. Bischoff, J. Roszjar, M. Matthes, IfP
Type spec mass (g):12.4
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Labenne
Finder:Labenne
Comments:sv,partly S6; type spec waiver granted; submitted by A. Bischoff
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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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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