The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 92, 2007 September

Abstract— In this edition of The Meteoritical Bulletin, 1394 recognized meteorites are reported, 27 from specific locations within Africa, 133 from Northwest Africa, 1227 from Antarctica (from ANSMET, PNRA, and PRIC expeditions), and 7 from Asia. The Meteoritical Bulletin announces the approval of...

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Published in:Meteoritics & Planetary Science
Main Authors: Connolly, Harold C., Smith, Caroline, Benedix, Gretchen, Folco, Luigi, Righter, Kevin, Zipfel, Jutta, Yamaguchi, Akira, Aoudjehane, Hasnaa Chennaoui
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Space and Planetary Science
Geophysics
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/193548
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00596.x
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Summary:Abstract— In this edition of The Meteoritical Bulletin, 1394 recognized meteorites are reported, 27 from specific locations within Africa, 133 from Northwest Africa, 1227 from Antarctica (from ANSMET, PNRA, and PRIC expeditions), and 7 from Asia. The Meteoritical Bulletin announces the approval of four new names series by the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society, two from Africa and one from Asia, including Al Haggounia, from Al Haggounia, Morocco, which is projected to be on the order of 3 metric tons of material related to enstatite chondrites and aubrites. Approved are two falls from Africa, Bassikounou (Mauritania) and Gashua (Nigeria). Approved from areas other than Antarctica are one lunar, two Martian, 32 other achondrites, three mesosiderites, two pallasites, one CM, two CK, one CR2, two CV3, one CR2, and four R chondrites. The Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society announces 48 newly approved relict meteorites from two new name series, Österplana and Gullhögen (both from Sweden).

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