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Tieret 008
Basic information Name: Tieret 008
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Tunisia
Mass:help 28 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2060 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 26 Oct 2012
Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Tatawin
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2010 Apr 3
Latitude:30°56.022'N
Longitude:10°03.915'E
Mass (g):28
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):23.5±0.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.6±0.4
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2±0.1
Magnetic suscept.:4.85
Classifier:N. Laridhi-Ouazaa, Tunis; A. Jambon, UPVI; J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):27
Type spec location:Tunis
Main mass:Tunis
Finder:Samia Kassaa
Comments:Full stone entirely covered by fresh fusion crust. The stone is oriented showing flow lines and roll-over lip.; submitted by J. Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections
CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
UPVI: Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI),Case 110, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France (institutional address; updated 5 Oct 2014)
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. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography:

Tunisia
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (30° 56' 1"N, 10° 3' 55"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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