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9.4 gram part slice.   H5

TKW 38 kg. Observed fall: no. Found March, 2004, in Niger.

From the MetBul:
Many stony fragments totalling 38 kg were found by by G. Moreau in the erg Capot-Rey, Ténéré du Tafassasset, Niger. The stones define an elliptical strewn-field measuring 7 x 3.5 km, with a NE-SW major axis. The largest fragment weighs 2 kg.


 
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John Divelbiss
 9/10/2020 10:48:08 AM		 Capot Rey not Cabot Ray...yikes
Twink Monrad
 9/8/2020 2:15:28 PM		 Love the colors of this one.
John Divelbiss
 9/8/2020 12:55:53 PM		 this looks like the "newer" Niger Melt material like TASSEDET 004....are the two the same now or are these considered different. Some Cabot Ray shows chondrules in patches as brecciated. Does the Niger Melt also have chondrule patches of non-melt??
Bernd Pauli
 9/8/2020 9:38:53 AM		 Beautiful, very FeNi-rich partslice!
 

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