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Tanezrouft 005
Basic information Name: Tanezrouft 005
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Tnz 005
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1989
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 131 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 74  (1993)  L6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB74
  Table 7
  Line 1:
Latitude:25°08'N
Longitude:0°28'E
Mass (g):131
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Fayalite (mol%):24.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.9
Classifier:T. Geiger and A. Bischoff, Institut fur Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D4400 Munster, Germany. Analysts: T. Geiger and T. Grund
Main mass:Museum fur Naturkunde, Humboldt Universitat Invalidenstr. 43 D-1000 Berlin Germany
Comments:contains shock veins and maskelynite
Institutions
   and collections		 Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 74, Meteoritics 28, 146-153 (1993)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (25° 8'N, 0° 28'E)
     Recommended::   (25° 8'N, 0° 28'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 201 approved meteorites from Adrar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1356 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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