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Tiffa 008

Basic information

Name: Tiffa 008
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Niger
Mass: 1149 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 89	(2005)	CO3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CO3
Recommended:			CO3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 653 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CO3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites

Writeup

Writeup from MB 89:

Tiffa 008

Niger

Found 2001, October

Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

A single brown stone of 1149 g was found by G. Moreau in the Ténéré desert. The fusion crust is well preserved and covers 90% of the external surface of the stone. Mineralogy and classification (E. Dransart, EMTT): chondrule mean size 0,185 mm; many refractory inclusions; mean olivine composition Fa_26.7 (range Fa_0.18-37.9); low-Ca-pyroxene mean composition Fs_8.2 (range Fs_3.4-45.1). Shock stage S2; weathering grade W1. Specimens: type specimen, 22.2 g, MNHNP; main mass Z. Gabelica.

Data from:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 76:

Date:	Oct 2001
Latitude:	20°21.500'N
Longitude:	11°51.000'E
Mass (g):	1149
Pieces:	1
Class:	CO3
Classifier:	E. Dransart, EMTT
Type spec mass (g):	22.2
Type spec location:	MNHNP
Main mass:	Z. Gabelica
Finder:	G. Moreau
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)
EMTT: Etudes Métallurgiques et de Traitement Thermique, Parc du Chater-Bât. B, 1, avenue du Chater, 69340 Francheville, France (institutional address)
Gabelica: Z. Gabelica, University de Haute Alsace, 3 Rue A. Werner, F-68093 Mulhouse, Cedex, France (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)

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Geography:

Niger

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(20° 21' 30"N, 11° 51' 0"E)

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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