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Tanezrouft 087
Basic information Name: Tanezrouft 087
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Tnz 087
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 320 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 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)
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Writeup from MB 89:

Tanezrouft  087

Algeria, East Tanezrouft

Found 2003 December 23

Ordinary chondrite (H5)

One 320 g stone, partially covered with a reddened fusion crust was found. Classification and mineralogy (M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP): the stone is an H5 with a large clast of CO3 material comprising about 30% of the entire mass. Host lithology: olivine, Fa20.6 ± 0.2; low Ca pyroxene, Fs18.0 ± 0.3.; the chondritic texture is still clearly visible, with many chondrule relics. Shock stage S2, weathering grade W3. CO3 clast: it is much more altered, most metal grains are oxidized and silicates are reddened; chondrules are small (~100 µm) and set in a fine-grained matrix with abundant small sulfide grains. Opaque nodules comprise rusted metal, sulfide and magnetite. Estimated metamorphic grade between those of Colony and Kainsaz. Olivine, Fa1.6-32.6, mean Fa15.3±7.5, up to 0.4 wt% CaO; pyroxene, Fs2.0-18.4, mean Fs10.1±5.5. Specimens: type specimen 35.1 g, and one polished mount MNHNP; main mass with Annick Goueslain and Jean Luc Parodi.

Data from:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 75:
Date:23 Dec 2003
Latitude:25°45.366'N
Longitude:0°16.075'E
Mass (g):320
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):20.6±0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.0±0.3
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):35.1
Main mass:A. Goueslain and J. L. Parodi
Comments:See separate entry
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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Algeria
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     Recommended::   (25° 45' 22"N, 0° 16' 5"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 200 approved meteorites from Adrar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1344 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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