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0.15 grams. 6 x 5 x 2 mm.   Diogenite

TKW 12 kg. Observed fall 1931, in Tatawin, Tunisia.

       


Gourgues writes:
This is my first little Tatahouine with fusion crust !


Visit me on Ebay.

Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
 


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Anne Black
 10/4/2023 8:13:58 PM		 Also I wonder if it is really a bit of crust. I have seen crust on Tatahouine pieces before, and it is always ash-grey, never black.
Paul Swartz
 10/4/2023 6:16:46 PM		 I think no.
Mike Murray
 10/4/2023 1:45:23 PM		 Thanks Paul for posting this one again. I hadn't seen it previously. Very interesting piece with that fusion crust. I wonder if a piece of diogenite would be picked up by a magnet?
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Redelsperger Jean
 10/5/2018 1:26:01 AM		 Nice piece Denis !
Bernd Pauli
 10/4/2018 10:32:32 AM		 Truly beautiful and, yes, Tatas with crust are definitely rare!
Matthias Baermann
 10/4/2018 4:41:26 AM		 Utmost delicate!
Stephen Amara
 10/4/2018 4:34:27 AM		 Very nice!!! I love it has the black crust on it!!!
 

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