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Timessa 001
Basic information Name: Timessa 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Libya
Mass:help 473 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 71  (1991)  H6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6500 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB71
  Table 10
  Line 1:
Mass (g):473
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Fayalite (mol%):19.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.7
Classifier:A. Bischoff, Institut fur Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-4400 Munster, Germany; analysts: A. Bischoff, W. Beckerling, M. EndreB, T. Geiger, T. Grund, K. Metzler
Type spec location:A. Bischoff, Institut fur Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-4400 Munster, Germany
Main mass:finder
Institutions
   and collections		 Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 71, Meteoritics 26, 255-262 (1991)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (26° 34'N, 15° 44'E)
     Recommended::   (26° 34'N, 15° 44'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites from Murzuq, Libya
     This is 1 of 1537 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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