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Marsa Alam 022
Basic information Name: Marsa Alam 022
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MA 022
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: Egypt
Mass:help 65.7 g
Classification
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Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 10191 approved meteorites (plus 18 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Nov 2020
Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Bahr al Ahmar
Date:19 Oct 2020
Latitude:25°19.31'N
Longitude:34°43.58'E
Mass (g):65.7
Pieces:3
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):16.8±0.3 (N=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):14.9±0.2 (N=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0±0.4 (N=12)
Classifier:Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):14.9
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Mr. T. Kryachko, bredfield@mail.ru
Finder:Mr. T. Kryachko
Comments:Field name is Marsa Alam-T-3; analyst T. Kryachko (Technograd, Moscow); submitted by Lorenz C.A., Vernad
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography:

Egypt
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 19' 19"N, 34° 43' 35"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 40 approved meteorites from Al Bahr al Ahmar, Egypt
     This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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