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Tanezrouft 015

Basic information

Name: Tanezrouft 015
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Tnz 015
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Algeria
Mass: 380 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 72	(1992)	H4-5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H4-5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4-5
Recommended:			H4-5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 84 approved meteorites classified as H4-5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB72
  Table 12
  Line 4:

Latitude:	25°26.20'N
Longitude:	0°29.29'E
Mass (g):	380
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4-5
Fayalite (mol%):	18.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.7
Classifier:	classification and information, A. Bischoff, Institut fur Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-4400 Munster, Germany. Analysts: A. Bischoff, W. Beckerling, M. Endress, T. Geiger, T. Grund
Main mass:	finder
Comments:	Br

Institutions
and collections

Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 72, Meteoritics 27, 109-117 (1992)

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Geography:

Algeria

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(25° 26' 12"N, 0° 29' 17"E)
Recommended::	(25° 26' 12"N, 0° 29' 17"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.5 m apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 163 approved meteorites from Adrar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
This is 1 of 1118 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 27 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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