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Tanezrouft 050

Basic information

Name: Tanezrouft 050
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Tnz 050
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Algeria
Mass: 94 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 75	(1993)	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:
  MB75
  Table 5
  Line 14:

Date:	1992
Latitude:	25°08.74N
Longitude:	0°02.85'E
Mass (g):	94
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Fayalite (mol%):	19.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17
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° 8' 44"N, 0° 2' 51"E)
Recommended::	(25° 8' 44"N, 0° 2' 51"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.1 m 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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