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Mount Tazerzait
Tahoua, Niger
Fell 1991 August 21, afternoon
Ordinary chondrite (L5)
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. Specimens: main mass, SML.
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The Mount Tazerzait (L5) meteorite fell in Agadez, Niger, on the 21st August, 1991.
A total mass of 110 kg was recovered.

18° 42'N, 4° 48'E



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