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Tanezrouft 079
Basic information Name: Tanezrouft 079
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Tnz 079
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 1031 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 7010 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)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 67:
Date:22 Dec 2003
Latitude:24°34.815'N
Longitude:0°31.118'W
Mass (g):1031
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):19.6±0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.4±0.2
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):33.3
Main mass:A. Goueslain and J. L. Parodi
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 34' 49"N, 0° 31' 7"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 210 approved meteorites from Adrar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1400 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 33 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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