Tin Begane 001 パラス石質隕石 - 4.46 g

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Tin Begane 001 is a 4.46 g pallasite meteorite from Tamanghasset, Algeria, found in 2025 and supplied with a certificate of authenticity.

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Tin Begane 001 (TnB 001) 21.2263768°N, 5.2643655°E

Tamanghasset, Algeria

Find: 2025

Classification: Pallasite

History: The material was found in 2025 during a meteorite search in a desert area south of Tamanrasset, Algeria, and was subsequently purchased by Mohamed Ali loud.

Physical characteristics: Many dark brownish fragments some with minor fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite is predominantly composed of up to 1 cm sized rounded to subrounded olivine grains in a strongly altered matrix composed of iron oxides and hydroxides. Only few chromite, troilite, and kamacite grains were detected.

Geochemistry: olivine: Fa11.4±0.1 (Fa11.5-11.7, FeO/MnO=38±2, n=10)

Shock stage: low
Weathering grade: high
Classifier: A. Greshake, MNB

This lot comes with certificate of authenticity.
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