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Tanezrouft 032

Basic information

Name: Tanezrouft 032
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Tnz 032
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Algeria
Mass: 3.15 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 73	(1992)	H5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB73
  Table 6
  Line 8:

Latitude:	25°22.24'N
Longitude:	00°01.35'E
Mass (g):	3150
Pieces:	70
Class:	H5
Fayalite (mol%):	18.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.3
Classifier:	A. Bischoff and T. Geiger, Institut fir Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-4400 Munster, Germany.; Analysts: A. Bischoff, T. Geiger, T. Grund
Main mass:	Museum fur Naturkunde, Humboldt Universitat Berlin Germany (also the Algerian meteorites listed in Bulletin 71 72)

Institutions
and collections

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

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards

Geography:

Algeria

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(25° 22' 14"N, 0° 1' 21"E)
Recommended::	(25° 22' 14"N, 0° 1' 21"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 4.5 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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