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Tindouf 004

Basic information

Name: Tindouf 004
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: Algeria
Mass: 486 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 105	(2016)	LL6
Recommended:			LL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 13 Apr 2016

Writeup

Writeup from MB 105:

Tindouf 004 27.4558°N, 7.7325°W

Tindouf, Algeria

Find: 2013 Oct

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6)

History: Found near "wilaya de Smara", south of Tindouf, Algeria, in October 2013 and subsequently purchased by Mohamed Ali.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Breccia consisting of closely packed, small, angular clasts, which are highly recrystallized with rare, relatively large partial chondrule remnants and mostly very fresh metal.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_31.8-31.9, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs_24.9-25.9Wo_4.3-2.1, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs_10.6-11.4Wo_42.9-42.0, N = 2).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6 breccia).

Specimens: 22.1 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with M. Mohamed Ali.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Tindouf
Date:	2013 Oct
Latitude:	27.4558°N
Longitude:	7.7325°W
Mass (g):	486
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W0/1
Fayalite (mol%):	31.8-31.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):	24.9-25.9
Wollastonite (mol%):	4.3-2.1
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	22.1
Type spec location:	UWB
Main mass:	M. Ali
Comments:	Submitted by A. Irving

Institutions
and collections

UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full

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Geography:

Algeria

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(27° 27' 21"N, 7° 43' 57"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 60 approved meteorites from Tindouf, Algeria (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 1356 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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