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Bir Zar 009
Basic information Name: Bir Zar 009
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: BiZ 009
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Tunisia
Mass:help 21 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 96  (2009)  H5-6
Recommended:  H5-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 148 approved meteorites classified as H5-6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 10 Mar 2009
Data from:
  MB96
  Table 1
  Line 11:
State/Prov/County:Makhrouga, Tunisia
Date:11-Apr-2008
Latitude:31°55'35.2"N
Longitude:10°11'22.6"N
Mass (g):21
Pieces:3
Class:H5-6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):16.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3
Magnetic suscept.:4.53
Classifier:L. Folco, MNA-SI
Type spec mass (g):7.7
Type spec location:MNA-SI
Main mass:Tunis
Comments:Breccia
Institutions
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MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)
Tunis: Départment du Géologie, Faculté de Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, Campus Universitaire El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia, Tunisia (institutional address; updated 5 Nov 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 96, MAPS 44, 1355-1397 (2009)
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Geography:

Tunisia
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (31° 55' 35"N, 10° 11' 23"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 37 approved meteorites from Tatawin, Tunisia
     This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites from Tunisia
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