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Tanezrouft 037
Basic information Name: Tanezrouft 037
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Tnz 037
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 114 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 75  (1993)  H4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6484 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB75
  Table 5
  Line 3:
Date:1992
Latitude:25°36.29'N
Longitude:0°24.19'E
Mass (g):114
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Fayalite (mol%):18.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.6
Classifier:T. Geiger and A. Bischoff, Institut fur Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-48149 Munster, Germany. Weathering grades, F. Wlotzka, MaxPlanck-Institut fur Chemie, D-55020 Mainz, Germany
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:Museum fur Naturkunde, Humboldt Universitat Invalidenstr. 43 D-10115 Berlin Germany
Institutions
   and collections
Mainz: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 75, Meteoritics 28, 692-703 (1993)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (25° 36' 17"N, 0° 24' 11"E)
     Recommended::   (25° 36' 17"N, 0° 24' 11"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 200 approved meteorites from Adrar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1344 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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