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Sahara 99555
Basic information Name: Sahara 99555
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: (Sahara)
Mass:help 2.71 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Angrite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  Angrite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Angrite
Recommended:  Angrite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 54 approved meteorites classified as Angrite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Angrites
Data from:
  MB84
  Table 10
  Line 25:
Latitude:z+0°13'53"
Longitude:w+0°32'01"
Mass (g):2710
Pieces:1
Class:Angrite
Classifier:A. Bischoff and L. Niemann (Mün)
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:Labenne
Comments:Contains anorthite, fassaite, olivine, and kirschsteinite; see Bischoff et al. (2000).
Institutions
   and collections		 Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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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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