Mount Tazerait L5 Chondrite Meteorites for Sale
Location: Tahoua, Niger (18° 42'N, 4° 48'E)
Fell: 1991 August 21, afternoon.
Type: Ordinary Chondrite, L5
Description: A single stone of ~110 kg was witnessed to fall by a seven-year-old Tuareg boy. Numerous pieces of this were distributed by a Tuareg man. Mineralogy and classification (J. Otto, MPIF): olivine, Fa24.6; pyroxene, Fs20.8Wo1.3; plagioclase, An10.5Or5.9. From the Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
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| # MT8-6 | # MT10-7 | # MT11-9 | About Scale: Each photo has a small one centimeter cube. That's a little less than a half inch on a side. The coin above is a US dime. |
| Weight: 8.6 gm | Weight: 10.7 gm | Weight: 11.9 gm | |
| Features: Part Slice | Features: Part Slice | Features: Part Slice | |
| Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: $143 |
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