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"Clovis" rock on Mars

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Date: 05/11/2009
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Map of Tunisia

Map of Tunisia

The Tatahouine meteorite fell on June 27, 1931 outside of the village of Foum Tatahouine, Tunisia

Date: 04/13/2009
Views: 1125
Tatahouine - 1.5 grams

Tatahouine - 1.5 grams

Tatahounie is classified as achondrite diogenite (ADIO) Ca-poor

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1290
Tatahouine - 1.5 grams

Tatahouine - 1.5 grams

We have left the grains of original desert sand on this fragment!

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1262
Star Wars Movie Set

Star Wars Movie Set

The desert outside Tatahouine was used for many key scenes in the Star Wars movie saga

Date: 04/13/2009
Views: 1259
Tatahouine

Tatahouine

Tatahouine is sometimes called the "green meteorite"

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1267
Tatahouine

Tatahouine

Tatahouine

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1256
Tunisia Landscape

Tunisia Landscape

The Tunisian landscape is made up of wide desert spaces

Date: 04/13/2009
Views: 1387
Tatahouine

Tatahouine

Tatahouine

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1253
Tatahouine

Tatahouine

Tatahouine

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1350
Taza, Morocco

Taza, Morocco

The meteorite fragments were found in 2001

Date: 04/13/2009
Views: 1855
Taza (NWA 859) - 1.5 grams

Taza (NWA 859) - 1.5 grams

Taza (NWA 859) - 1.5 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1315
Taza (NWA 859) - 1.5 grams

Taza (NWA 859) - 1.5 grams

Taza (NWA 859) - 1.5 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1268
Taza Landscape

Taza Landscape

The Taza meteorite is classified as an Ungrouped Plessitic Octahedrite

Date: 04/13/2009
Views: 1181
Taza (NWA 859) - 2.8 grams

Taza (NWA 859) - 2.8 grams

Nice heat shield on the top of this oriented stone

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1294
Taza (NWA 859) - 2.8 grams

Taza (NWA 859) - 2.8 grams

A flat, dark crusted bottom - like the re-entry vehicle of a spacecraft!

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1315
Thuathe Plateau

Thuathe Plateau

The Village of Ha Boqate is below in the flat plain - image courtesy Michael Farmer

Date: 06/03/2009
Views: 1116
Thuathe - 23.5 grams

Thuathe - 23.5 grams

The total amount of material recovered from the plateau and the valley below is about 45.3 kilograms

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1077
Thuathe - 23.5 grams

Thuathe - 23.5 grams

Our nicely crusted individual is classified as H4/5 chondrite

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1127
Thuathe Strewn Field
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Thuathe Strewn Field

The meteorite entered east to west and exploded over Lesotho producing this elliptical strewn field extending 7.4 by 1.9 kilometers on the Thuathe Plateau - courtesy Meteorites Australia

Date: 06/03/2009
Views: 1224
Thuathe - 3.93 grams

Thuathe - 3.93 grams

A great look inside of the meteorite from this shoe-shaped slice

Date: 06/03/2009
Views: 1151
Thuathe - 3.93 grams

Thuathe - 3.93 grams

The other side of the shoe has some nice bits of metal

Date: 06/03/2009
Views: 1117
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