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| Basic information | Name: Great Sand Sea 040 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: GSS 040 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: Egypt Mass:  15 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 3156 approved meteorites classified as LL5. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 27 Apr 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB99 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 5 Mar 2014) OAM: Museo del Cielo e della Terra Vicolo Baciadonne 1 40017 San Giovanni in Persiceto ( BO) Italy Osservatorio Astronomico e Museo "Giorgio Abetti", San Giovanni Persiceto, Bologna, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 31 Oct 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Statistics: This is 1 of 36 approved meteorites from Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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