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 : Polished
sections show huge chondrules (dia. 1mm approx.), a dark and
abundant matrix (70% approx.) and many irregular CAIs (average
size of 2 to 3mm), some of them reaching 2 to 3 cm !
Big dark inclusions are present as well, showing a very thin
structure nearly without any chondrules nor CAIs. Many of them
appear on the surface of the meteorite, which is crustfree. |
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UNIQUE
! STUDY IS STILL IN PROGRESS.

on site pictures, May 16,
2002
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