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| Basic information | Name: Taouz 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: Morocco Mass:  2.43 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12281 approved meteorites (plus 8 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 73:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Taouz Morocco Found 1991 October Stone, ordinary chondrite (L6) A complete individual, weighing 2430 g, with fusion crust was found in a pebble desert. Type specimen, classification and analysis, olivine Fa24.9, pyroxene Fs21.3Wo1.7, heavily shocked with black areas containing 30-40% black glass, light areas with maskelynite and shock-veins, J. Otto, Mineralogical Institute, Universitat Freiburg, Albertstrasse 23b, D-7800 Freiburg, Germany. Information and main mass, Swiss Meteorite Laboratory, P. O. Box 126, CH-8750 Glarus, Switzerland. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites from Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco This is 1 of 1967 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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