Stone Meteorite - Djoumine - 0.169 grams
Stone Meteorite Djoumine weighing 0.169 grams More
Structural classification of the meteorite: Chondrite H5-6
Impact location: Djoumine, Banzart, Tunisia, Africa
Date of fall: 31.10.1999 18:45-19:00 local time
Date of discovery: 1999
The meteorite weighs 0.169 grams.
The meteorite is contained in a plastic box with a white backing and a description.
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The Djoumine meteorite is a rocky meteorite classified as chondrite H5-6. It is an observed meteorite fall on 31 October 1999 at approximately 18:45 - 19:00 local time, accompanied by detonations, direction of flight from SW to NE. Subsequently, two meteorites were found by children near the village of Djoumine in NW Tunisia. Later, several other meteorites with a total mass of approximately 10 kg were found in a 4 km long impact field.
Classification and mineralogy (A. Bischoff; R. Bartoschewitz): olivine, Fa18.7~0.7; pyroxene, Fs16.3~0.4W01.7~0.8; shock stage. S3; contains shock veins and light clasts in darker colored matrix.
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