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El Bahrain
Basic information Name: El Bahrain
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1983
Country: Egypt
Mass:help 14 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 81  (1997)  L6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12331 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB81
  Table 1
  Line 1:
Date:1983
Latitude:28°36'N
Longitude:26°24'E
Mass (g):14 kg
Class:L6
Fayalite (mol%):23.5
Classifier:P. Piacenza, AGIP, SpA., Milan, Italy
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 81, MAPS 32, A159-A166 (1997)
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Geography:

Egypt
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (28° 36'N, 26° 24'E)
     Recommended::   (28° 36'N, 26° 24'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Marsa Matruh, Egypt
     This is 1 of 127 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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