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| Basic information | Name: Tichit 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: Mauritania Mass:  68 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11077 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 4 Sep 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Tichit 001 18°26.258’N, 10°20.587’W Tagant, Mauritania Find: 12 May 2014 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: A main mass of 66 kg plus less than 2 kg of small fragments was collected from a suspected impact pit. Physical characteristics: The cuboid main mass shows elongated regmaglypts with remnant fusion crust on two sides. The other sides represent fractured surfaces coated with a dark brown desert patina. Petrography: (B. Hofmann, NMBE): Homogeneous chondritic texture. Mean size of plagioclase grains is 5-10 μm. Metallic iron is partly weathered (~40%). Geochemistry: (Å. Rosén, Bern and B. Hofmann, NMBE) Olivine compositions (N=19) are Fa17.6±1.4 (Fa17.1 by XRD), pyroxene compositions (n=10) are Fs15.7±1.1Wo1.0±0.2. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5), shock stage S2, low weathering (W2). Specimens: 36.1 g plus polished thin section at NMBE, 240.0 g with Svend Buhl, main mass: Cheikhalhoussein Toueirjenne. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern
Bernastrasse 15
CH-3005 Bern
Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012) Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Tagant, Mauritania This is 1 of 191 approved meteorites from Mauritania (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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