Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Acfer 201

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Acfer 201

Basic information

Name: Acfer 201
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Algeria
Mass: 55 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 73	(1992)	L5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8604 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB73
  Table 1
  Line 26:

Latitude:	27°35.53'N
Longitude:	03°55.09'E
Mass (g):	55
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Fayalite (mol%):	24.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.2
Classifier:	P. Scherer and F. Wlotzka, Max-Planck-Institut fur Chemie, Mainz, Germany.
Main mass:	Museum fur Naturkunde, Humboldt Universitat Berlin Germany (also the Algerian meteorites listed in Bulletin 71 72)
Comments:	sh-v

Institutions
and collections

Mainz: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)

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Geography:

Algeria

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 35' 32"N, 3° 55' 5"E)
Recommended::	(27° 35' 32"N, 3° 55' 5"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 422 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
This is 1 of 1277 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 29 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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