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Bi'r Tazit
Basic information Name: Bi'r Tazit
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Libya
Mass:help 46 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 96  (2009)  CK6
Recommended:  CK6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 85 approved meteorites classified as CK6.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 27 Jun 2009
Data from:
  MB96
  Table 1
  Line 2:
State/Prov/County:Murzuq, Libya
Date:8-Nov-98
Latitude:25°34.27'N
Longitude:12°22.27'E
Mass (g):46
Pieces:2
Class:CK6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):32.6
Classifier:J. Schlueter, Hamb
Type spec mass (g):14.8
Type spec location:Hamb
Main mass:Koblitz
Institutions
   and collections		 Hamb: Museum der Natur Hamburg - Mineralogie, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2024)
Koblitz: Jörn Koblitz, Benquestrasse 27, D-28209 Bremen, Germany; Website (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 96, MAPS 44, 1355-1397 (2009)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 34' 16"N, 12° 22' 16"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites from Murzuq, Libya
     This is 1 of 1569 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 25 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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