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| Basic information | Name: Timna This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2002 Country: Israel Mass:  40 g | ||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 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) | ||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 88:
Timna Eilat, Israel Found 11/03/2002 Ordinary Chondrite (H5) A 40 g stone was found in the desert by Gabriel Shaqued during a field trip. Classification (A. Rubin, UCLA): The meteorite is an H ordinary chondrite, with olivine composition Fa 18.1 % mol; S2 W1. Specimens: Main mass Gabriel Shaqued Afikim, Emek HaYarden15148, Israel; Type specimen: 10.11 g; UCLA. | ||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Hadarom, Israel This is the only approved meteorite from Israel | ||||||||||||
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