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| Basic information | Name: Mount Tazerzait This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1991 Country: Niger Mass:  110 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8641 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 81:
Mount Tazerzait Tahoua, Niger Fell 1991 August 21, afternoon Ordinary chondrite (L5) A single stone of ~110 kg was witnessed to fall by a seven-year-old Tuareg boy. Numerous pieces of this were distributed by a Tuareg man. Mineralogy and classification (J. Otto, MPIF): olivine, Fa24.6; pyroxene, Fs20.8Wo1.3; plagioclase, An10.5Or5.9. Specimens: main mass, SML. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
SML: Swiss Meteorite Laboratory (Museum Bally-Prior), P.O. Box 126, CH-8750 Glarus, Switzerland; Website (private address; updated 16 Oct 2011) MPIF: Universität Freiburg, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Albertstrasse 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 81, MAPS 32, A159-A166 (1997)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 52 approved meteorites from Agadez, Niger This is 1 of 109 approved meteorites from Niger (plus 4 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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Mt. Tazerzait (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||