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Sahara 02500
Basic information Name: Sahara 02500
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: (Sahara)
Mass:help 410.9 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  L3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Revised 18 Jun 2007: Coords were incorrect; deleted
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 1
  Line 11:
Date:2001-2002
Latitude:llb°28'029-02'198
Longitude:llb°03'252-50'543
Mass (g):410850
Pieces:many
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):26+/-2
Classifier:A. Jambon, UPMCPa
Type spec mass (g):650
Type spec location:26.25g and 62.09g, P. Gillet, ENSL, 516.16g, 19.07g and 26.45g, UPMCPa
Main mass:410 kg, Caillou Noir
Comments:[note from database editor: these coordinates are in a secret code known only to M. Franco]
Institutions
   and collections
ENSL: Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre, 46 allée d'Italie 69364 Lyon Cedex, France (institutional address; updated 27 Feb 2011)
Caillou Noir: Caillou Noir 100 Chemin des Campenes, 74400 Chamonix, France; Website (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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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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