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Erg Tellis 001
Basic information Name: Erg Tellis 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 6.79 kg
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6407 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 17 Oct 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Erg Tellis 001        30°23’41.8"N, 1°59’08.9"E

Adrar, Algeria

Purchased: 2021

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)

History: The meteorite was found in the desert of central Algeria and subsequently acquired by the mass holder.

Physical characteristics: Dark-brownish rock without fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with sharply defined, well separated and mostly rounded chondrules (apparent mean diameter about 0.4 mm). The fine-grained matrix contains abundant partly altered FeNi metal and sulfides.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Adrar
Date:P 2021
Latitude:30°23'41.8"N
Longitude:1°59'08.9"E
Mass (g):6794
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.4±0.2 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.0±0.1 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.3 (n=5)
Magnetic suscept.:4.97
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):33
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Kadour Ben Mohamed
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
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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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (30° 23' 42"N, 1° 59' 9"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 187 approved meteorites from Adrar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1270 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 29 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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