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Tanezrouft 011

Basic information

Name: Tanezrouft 011
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Tnz 011
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Algeria
Mass: 3.29 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 72	(1992)	L/LL5-6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L/LL5-6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L/LL5-6
Recommended:			L/LL5-6 [explanation]

This is the only approved meteorite classified as L/LL5-6.
Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 4-7), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB72
  Table 12
  Line 2:

Latitude:	25°32.03'N
Longitude:	0°21.78'W
Mass (g):	3287
Pieces:	1
Class:	L/LL5-6
Fayalite (mol%):	26.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.9
Classifier:	classification and information, A. Bischoff, Institut fur Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-4400 Munster, Germany. Analysts: A. Bischoff, W. Beckerling, M. Endress, T. Geiger, T. Grund
Main mass:	finder
Comments:	Br

Institutions
and collections

Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 72, Meteoritics 27, 109-117 (1992)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards

Geography:

Algeria

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(25° 32' 2"N, 0° 21' 47"W)
Recommended::	(25° 32' 2"N, 0° 21' 47"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 73 km apart

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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