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Tanezrouft 083
Basic information Name: Tanezrouft 083
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Tnz 083
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 265 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L(LL)6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L(LL)6
Recommended:  L(LL)6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites classified as L(LL)6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 71:
Date:22 Dec 2003
Latitude:24°38.883'N
Longitude:0°30.862'W
Mass (g):265
Pieces:1
Class:L(LL)6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):26.6±1.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.0±2.4
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):28.5
Main mass:A. Goueslain and J. L. Parodi
Comments:thick fusion crust (1 mm)
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° 38' 53"N, 0° 30' 52"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 209 approved meteorites from Adrar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1399 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 33 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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