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Country: Tunisia
State/District: Foum Tatahouine
Co-ordinates: 32°57'N 10°25'E
Date of fall: 1931, June 27 0130
Total known weight: 12 kg
Number of pieces: many fragments
Type: Achondrite, monomict diogenite, unbrecciated
Mineral analyses: Total iron: 12.80%
Pyroxene Fs23.5
Pairings: not known
Synonyms: not known
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Fragments fell over a radius of 500 m, 4 km NE of the village, and 12kg were collected, mostly in minute fragments, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.474. Description, analysis, A.Lacroix, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris,
1931, 193, p.305 (M.A.5-10), A.Lacroix, Bull. Soc. franc. Min. Crist., 1932, 55, p.101 (M.A.5-298). Oxygen isotopic composition of mineral fractions, R.N.Clayton et al., Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 1976, 30,
p.10. Al-26 and noble gas data, cosmic-ray exposure ages, G.F.Herzog and P.J.Cressy,Jr., GCA, 1977, 41, p.127. Infrared photometry, albedo, JHK colors, M.Leake et al., Meteoritics, 1978, 13, p.101. Trace
element data, D.W.Mittlefehldt, GCA, 1979, 43, p.1917. UV reflectance spectra, J.K.Wagner et al., LPSC, 1980, 11, p.1193 (abs.). Calculation of atmospheric ablation based on cosmic ray tracks and Ne isotopes,
N.Bhandari et al., Nucl. Tracks, 1980, 4, p.213. Spectral reflectance, McFadden et al., Mem. Nat. Inst. Polar Res., Tokyo, 1982, (25), p.188. Thermal and mechanical history, pyroxene composition, G.L.Nord, Jr
and R.H.Hewins, Meteoritics, 1983, 18, p.364 (abs.). Trace element data, R.Wolf et al., GCA, 1983, 47, p.2257. Oxygen fugacity data, R.H.Hewins and G.C.Ulmer, GCA, 1984, 48, p.1555; see also, LPSC, 1983, 14,
p.311 (abs.). Rb-Sr systematics, K.Takahashi et al., Papers 12th Symp. Ant. Met., NIPR Tokyo, 1987, p.96 (abs.); see also, K.Takahashi, Papers 14th Symp. Ant. Met., NIPR Tokyo, 1989, p.89 (abs.). Mössbauer
analysis of iron oxidation, R.G.Burns and T.C.Solberg, LPSC, 1988, 19, p.146 (abs.). TL data, D.W.G.Sears et al., GCA, 1991, 55, p.3167, J.D.Batchelor and D.W.G.Sears, GCA, 1991, 55, p.3831. Bulk density and
porosity, M.Terho et al., Studia Geophysica et Geodaedica, 1993, 37, p.65; see also, D.T.Britt and G.J.Consolmagno, MAPS, 2003, 38, p.1161. Xe and Kr isotopic composition of bulk material and grain size
separates, temperature step experiments, the rock contains two types of trapped Xe, terrestrial atmospheric Xe and a primitive, primordial type of Xe, T.Michel and O.Eugster, Meteoritics, 1994, 29, p.593; see
also, A.Weigel and O.Eugster, LPSC, 1994, 25, p.1479 (abs.). Boron data, M.Zhai and D.M.Shaw, Meteoritics, 1994, 29, p.607. Major and trace element composition of bulk and mineral separates, D.W.Mittlefehldt,
GCA, 1994, 58, p.1537. Analysis of major and minor elements in orthopyroxene, G.W.Fowler et al., GCA, 1994, 58, p.3921. Analysis of Yb and Ti in orthopyroxene by SIMS, G.W.Fowler et al., LPSC, 1995, 26, p.419
(abs.). Cosmic-ray exposure ages, O.Eugster and T.Michel, GCA, 1995, 59, p.177. Ti and trace element contents of orthopyroxene, G.W.Fowler et al., GCA, 1995, 59, p.3071. Analysis of modal abundances,
L.E.Bowman et al., LPSC, 1996, 27, p.147 (abs.); see also, MAPS, 1997, 32, p.869. Oxygen isotopic composition, I.Jabeen et al., Papers 22nd Symp. Ant. Met., NIPR Tokyo, 1997, p.72 (abs.); see also, I.Jabeen
et al., Antarct. Meteorite Res., 1998, (11), p.122. Carbon abundance and isotopic composition, M.M.Grady et al., MAPS, 1997, 32, p.863. Cosmogenic radionuclides, noble gas isotopes, and cosmic-ray exposure
ages, K.C.Welten et al., MAPS, 1997, 32, p.891. Chemical study of weathering effects based on comparison of samples collected right after the fall and 63 years later, J.A.Barrat et al., MAPS, 1999, 34, p.91;
see also, MAPS, 1999, 34, p.A10 (abs.). Determination of porosity and grain and bulk density, L.B.Moore et al., LPSC, 1999, 30, abs. #1128. Heavy noble gas isotopes, H.Busemann and O.Eugster, LPSC, 2000, 31,
abs. #1642. Analysis of trapped noble gases Ar, Kr and Xe, H.Busemann and O.Eugster, MAPS, 2002, 37, p.1865. Chemical study of glass inclusions, K.Kitazato and M.Kurosawa, Evolution of Solar System Materials:
A New Perspective from Antarctic Meteorites, NIPR Tokyo, 2003, p.54 (abs.). Calculation of parental melt composition, J.-A.Barrat, MAPS, 2004, 39, p.1767.
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