Tanezrouft 069 : H5 © Meteoriteshow  

Official name : Tanezrouft 069
Date of find :
November 27, 20022002
Total mass :
180 g
# of fragments :
1 single fragment
Place : Tanezrouft (Algérie)
Meteoritical Bulletin n°
88 (Expected May 04)
Classified by :
ENS Lyon - France
Type :
H5
Weathering grade :
W2
Shock stage :S3
Fa% : 18.38% (range: 15.1-20.3%)
Fs% : 16.65% (range: 14.9-19.1%)
Remarks :
TANEZROUFT 069 is an H5 chondrite. Olivine and pyroxene display planar fracture and ondulotary extinction, but very rare mosaicism. Feldspar is always well crystallized. This meteorite needs therefore to be classified as shock stage 3.
 


photo sur site : 27 Novembre 2002


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