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Iran 001
Basic information Name: Iran 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Iran
Mass:help 33.72 kg
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12583 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)
Comments: Approved 28 Sep 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Iran 001

Semnan, Iran

Find: 2019

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: Meteorite with the generic name Iran were purchased in Iran, and were found at undisclosed locations in the country.

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Semnan
Place of purchase:Iran
Date:2019
Mass (g):33720
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Weathering grade:W2
Magnetic suscept.:4.58
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):1100
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Mehdi Zarrabi
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name MZ-M; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography:

Iran
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Semnan, Iran
     This is 1 of 380 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 1 unapproved name)

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