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Djebel Chaab 002
Basic information Name: Djebel Chaab 002
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Cha 002
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 30.62 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  LL6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2853 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 6
  Line 19:
Date:11 Jan 2003
Latitude:25°09.355'N
Longitude:0°49.328'E
Mass (g):30616
Pieces:49
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):26.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.2
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):41.9
Main mass:A. Goueslain and J. L. Parodi
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 9' 21"N, 0° 49' 20"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 170 approved meteorites from Adrar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1187 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 28 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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