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Sahara 98385
Basic information Name: Sahara 98385
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: (Sahara)
Mass:help 28 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  LL5/6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as LL5/6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 31 Jan 2020
Data from:
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Origin or pseudonym:Desert
Date:1998
Mass (g):28.0
Pieces:1
Class:LL5/6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2-3
Fayalite (mol%):27.2±0.5 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.1±1.1 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8±0.5 (n=4)
Classifier:K. Klemm and A. Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):2.8
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Labenne
Comments:Submitted by Klemm K.
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. 109, in preparation (2020)
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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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