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| Basic information | Name: Capot Rey This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2004 Country: Niger Mass:  38 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12021 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 89:
Capot Rey Niger Found 2004, March Ordinary chondrite (H5) Many stony fragments totalling 38 kg were found by by G. Moreau in the erg Capot-Rey, Ténéré du Tafassasset, Niger. The stones define an elliptical strewn-field measuring 7 x 3.5 km, with a NE-SW major axis. The largest fragment weighs 2 kg. Mineralogy and classification: (E. Dransart, EMTT) Olivine: Fa18.1; low-Ca-pyroxene Fs15.2; shock stage S2; weathering degree, W1. Specimens: type specimen, 32.1 g, MNHNP, main mass with finder. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB89 Table 1 Line 17: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address) EMTT: Etudes Métallurgiques et de Traitement Thermique, Parc du Chater-Bât. B, 1, avenue du Chater, 69340 Francheville, France (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 54 approved meteorites from Agadez, Niger (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 123 approved meteorites from Niger (plus 6 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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