Tanezrouft 057 : C4 an © Meteoriteshow  

Official name : Tanezrouft 057
Date of find : May 16, 2002
Total mass : 5400 g
# of fragments : 1 single fragment
Place : Tanezrouft (Algeria)
Meteoritical Bulletin n°87 (2003)
Classified by : MNHN Paris & Blaise Pascal University - Clt. Fd.
Type : C4, affinities to CV4/CK4
Weathering grade : W3
%Fa : 30,1%
%Fs : 19,0%
Remarks : Here are some new part slices of Tanezrouft 057 that we have cut from a larger slice. Ranging from 3.6 g to 85.8 g, they represent a wide choice and display most of the time huge and unusual CAIs or Dark Inclusion.
Should you wish to purchase one (or more!) of those part slices, please let us know by e-mail.

 

 

Classification - MB #87:

 

 


Cutting of some part-slices
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details of part-slice #16
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55.6g part-slice - UCLA museum (USA)
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thin section
image credit to Heinz Huber, Alan Rubin & John Wasson at UCLA
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3.5g part-slice (sold)
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534.3g slice: ammonite shaped CAI
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2 PDF files are available about Tanezrouft 057

1- About the specimens at UCLA: click here

2- Abstract by Bertrand Devouard dated May 2005, about the classification of Tnz057: click here

Large Slices & Endcut: more details