Table 4. Meteorites from the Egyptian Sahara.

Name

Found

Latitude

Longitude

Mass (g)

Pcs

Class

Shock1

WG2

Fa

Fs

Wo

Finder3

Comments4

Abu Moharek

1997 Oct 21

27°14'22"N

29°50'09"E

4500

1

H4

S1

W3

18.7

16.2

1.1

Unknown

133 g, MNHNP5

Great Sand Sea

005

1995 Nov 26

25°48'58"N

25°54'51"E

80

1

L6

S5

W4

25.7

21.3

1.5

L. Carion

2.5 g, MNHNP6

006

1995 Nov 27

26°45'56"N

26°19'25"E

45

1

L6

S5

W5

25.1

22.3

1.5

D. Glatigny

3.7 g, MNHNP6

007

1996 Dec 7

26°54'37"N

26°09'06"E

1450

1

H6

S2

W2

18.7

16.4

1.6

M. Chandeigne

120 g, MNHNP5

008

1996 Dec 9

26°35'40"N

25°37'20"E

450

5

LL3-6

S3

W1

26.8–32.4

23.1–29.6

1.2–1.9

J-B. Gillot

br; 8 g, MNHNP5

009

1996 Dec 11

27°01'50"N

26°40'28"E

414

1

H5

S2-3

W3

18.7

16.6

1.5

B. Dejonghe

83 g, MNHNP5

¹Shock classification after Stöffler et al. (1991), but using only reflected-light microscopy.
²Weathering grade after Wlotzka (1993).
³The finders own the main masses.
⁴Br = breccia.
⁵Classified by M. Ghélis and B. Zanda, MNHNP.
⁶Classified by M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP.