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Tieret 003

Basic information

Name: Tieret 003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Tunisia
Mass: 17.1 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 98	(2010)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6826 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 3 Aug 2010

Writeup

Writeup from MB online:

see Tieret 001

Data from:
  MB98
  Table 1
  Line 224:

State/Prov/County:	Tieret
Origin or pseudonym:	rocky desert plateaus
Date:	23 Feb 2009
Latitude:	30°49'9.49"N
Longitude:	10°15'1.07"E
Mass (g):	17.1
Pieces:	2
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	17.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.7
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.4
Magnetic suscept.:	4.79
Classifier:	L. Folco
Type spec mass (g):	7.3
Type spec location:	MNA-SI
Main mass:	Tunis
Finder:	Tunisian-Italian meteorite search campaign
Comments:	breccia; submitted by L. Folco

Institutions
and collections

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. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)

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Geography:

Tunisia

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(30° 49' 9"N, 10° 15' 1"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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