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| Basic information | Name: Tihigrin This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes, probable fall Year of probable fall: 2020 Country: Mali Mass:  6.53 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2027 approved meteorites (plus 4 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 16 Jan 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Tihigrin 16.720°N, 3.729°W Gao, Mali Probable fall: 2020 Apr Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4) History: Near sunset on an unspecified day during the first week of April 2020 a group of Tamachek nomads (including Mr. Emakny Ag Alhassane and Mr. Amoumene Ag Oyahitt) were drinking tea near the village of Béchéku, Mali when they observed a bright fireball traveling in a southerly direction and heard a loud explosion. After searching for two days hunters found a single, relatively large crusted stone at a location 11 km south of Béchéku near the small village of Tihigrin (at 16.720°N, 3.729°W). They informed their cousin (Mr. Mokhtar Ansary) about their experience and gave him the stone to take to Bamako for assessment and possible sale. People in Bamako contacted former resident Mr. Salim Habili, who in turn contacted Dr. Anthony Irving and shipped a sample to him for testing and classification. Physical characteristics: A single stone (6534 g) almost completely coated by black fusion crust. The fresh interior is light gray with visible shiny metal. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Well-formed, glass-bearing chondrules are set in a relatively coarse grained recrystallized matrix containing kamacite (with very slightly staining in the studied sample), taenite, troilite, low-Ti chromite, merrillite and chlorapatite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa23.7±0.2, range Fa23.5-24.0, N = 6), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs18.1±2.4Wo1.3±0.5, range Fs14.1-20.0Wo0.5-1.9, N = 5), pigeonite (Fs16.3Wo16.2), augite (Fs10.4±0.7Wo35.5±3.0, range Fs9.9-10.9Wo37.6-33.4, N = 2), plagioclase in chondrules (An52.1Or1.2; An79.4Or0.2; N = 2). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.06. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4). Specimens: 60 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. S. Habili. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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) WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Statistics: This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites from Gao, Mali (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 100 approved meteorites from Mali (plus 2 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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