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Tillaberi

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Name: Tillaberi
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1970
Country: Niger
Mass: 3 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 56	(1979)	L6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 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 56:
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FALL OF THE TILLABERI, NIGER, STONY METEORITE

Name: TILLABERI

Place of fall: Close to the village of Mari, 40 km NE of Tillaberi, Republic of Niger.

14° 15'N., 01° 32'E.

Date of fall: April 1970, at the end of the month, in the morning.

Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa25.

Number of individual

specimens: 2

Total weight: 3 kg, approximately.

Circumstances of fall: Three fireballs were seen, associated with detonations. Only two stones were recovered.

Source: M. Christophe Michel-Levy and J.-M. Malezieux, 1976. La meteorite de Tillaberi. Meteoritics 11, 217-224.

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 56, Meteoritics 14, 161-175 (1979)

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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards

Geography:

Niger

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(14° 15'N, 1° 32'E)
Recommended::	(14° 15'N, 1° 32'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Niamey, Niger
This is 1 of 119 approved meteorites from Niger (plus 4 unapproved names)

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