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Acfer 391
Basic information Name: Acfer 391
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 388 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6415 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 27 Apr 2011
Data from:
  MB99
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Tamanghasset
Date:2004
Latitude:27°35.77'N
Longitude:4°10.32'E
Mass (g):388
Pieces:27
Class:H4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):20.53
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.29
Wollastonite (mol%):2.57
Classifier:Vanni Moggi Cecchi, Stefano Caporali, Giovanni Pratesi, MSP
Type spec mass (g):21
Type spec location:MSP
Main mass:MSP
Finder:Flisi
Comments:Other specimens: 1 PTS + 1 Block, MSP 2429; submitted by Vanni Moggi Cecchi
Institutions
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MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Oct 2022)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (27° 35' 46"N, 4° 10' 19"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 422 approved meteorites from Tamanghasset, Algeria (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1277 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 29 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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