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Tindouf | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Tindouf This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1997 Country: Algeria Mass: 1550 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 6736 approved meteorites (plus 6 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) | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 83:
Tindouf Tindouf, Algeria Found 1997 Winter Ordinary Chondrite (H6) Two individuals with a total mass of 1550 g were found near the town of Tindouf in western Algeria. Classification and mineralogy (A. Stucki; ETH): olivine, Fa19.0; pyroxene, Fs15.9Wo1.3; shock stage, S3; weathering degree, W2. Specimens: type specimen, ETH; main mass, 920 g, JNMC. | ||||||||||||||||
Institutions and collections |
ETH: Institut für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Sonneggstrasse 5, ETH Zentrum, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland (institutional address; updated 15 Sep 2017) JNMC: jnmczurich, P.O. Box 208, CH-8155 Niederhasli, Switzerland; Website (private address; updated 4 Feb 2014) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 58 approved meteorites from Tindouf, Algeria (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1336 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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