Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Tiffa 002

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Tiffa 002

Basic information

Name: Tiffa 002
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Niger
Mass: 4.71 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 82	(1998)	H4-5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H4-5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4/5
Recommended:			H4/5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 499 approved meteorites classified as H4/5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB82
  Table 6
  Line 5:

Date:	10 Mar 1997
Latitude:	19°41.76' N
Longitude:	11°31.61' E
Mass (g):	4705
Pieces:	2
Class:	H4-5
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	18.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.2
Classifier:	P. Scherer, H. Schulze, F. Wlotzka and J. Zipfel (MPI)
Type spec location:	Hamb and MPI
Main mass:	Guhr

Institutions
and collections

Hamb: Museum der Natur Hamburg - Mineralogie, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2024)
Guhr: Andreas Guhr, Jungfernstieg 8, 20354 Hamburg, Germany (private address)
MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)

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Geography:

Niger

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(19° 42'N, 11° 32'E)
Recommended::	(19° 41' 46"N, 11° 31' 37"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.8 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 54 approved meteorites from Agadez, Niger
This is 1 of 119 approved meteorites from Niger (plus 4 unapproved names)

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