Oued Awlitis 003 is a brecciated LL6 meteorite of 1141 grams.
It was discovered in 2011 near the village of Lemluia in the Western Sahara.
Other meteorites have been found in the same area, a lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 and a carbonaceous type CV3 meteorite Oued Awlitis 002.
This is a very rich area where other meteorites will be found.
Nwa 13512 is an Aubrite meteorite discovered in Morocco near Boudnib in 2019.
I this date only 72 meteorites of this type have been classified.
It is a rare type of meteorite, difficult to find on the market.
The name Aubrites is linked to the fall of a meteorite in Aubres, France in 1836. They are composed mainly of orthopyroxene to enstatite.
History : Three visually-similar specimens (total weight 105 g)
found together near Boudnib, Morocco were purchased by Mohammed Hmani in December 2019.
Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) The specimen has a mean grainsize of ~400 µm and is composed predominantly of equant grains of enstatite with subordinate sodic plagioclase and accessory altered Si-bearing kamacite, altered Cr-troilite and schreibersite.
Geochemistry: Enstatite (Fs0.2±0.0Wo0.6-0.7, N = 3), plagioclase (Ab91.4An2.6Or6.0; Ab76.4An21.4Or2.3; N = 2), kamacite (Si = 1.5 wt.%, Ni = 7.9 wt.%).
Classification: Aubrite.
Specimens: 20.5 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. M. Hmani.
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Djoua 001 is an Aubrite meteorite discovered in Algeria in 2021.
I this date only 72 meteorites of this type have been classified.
It is a rare type of meteorite difficult to find on the market.
The name Aubrites is linked to the fall of a meteorite in France at Aubres in 1836. They are composed mainly of orthopyroxene to enstatite.
A new theory by a French scientific team raises the possibility of a link between Aubrites and the planet Mercury.
Djoua 001 is an Aubrite meteorite discovered in Algeria in 2021.
I this date only 72 meteorites of this type have been classified.
It is a rare type of meteorite difficult to find on the market.
The name Aubrites is linked to the fall of a meteorite in France at Aubres in 1836. They are composed mainly of orthopyroxene to enstatite.
A new theory by a French scientific team raises the possibility of a link between Aubrites and the planet Mercury.
Djoua 001 is an Aubrite meteorite discovered in Algeria in 2021.
I this date only 72 meteorites of this type have been classified.
It is a rare type of meteorite difficult to find on the market.
The name Aubrites is linked to the fall of a meteorite in France at Aubres in 1836. They are composed mainly of orthopyroxene to enstatite.
A new theory by a French scientific team raises the possibility of a link between Aubrites and the planet Mercury.
Djoua 001 is an Aubrite meteorite discovered in Algeria in 2021.
I this date only 72 meteorites of this type have been classified.
It is a rare type of meteorite difficult to find on the market.
The name Aubrites is linked to the fall of a meteorite in France at Aubres in 1836. They are composed mainly of orthopyroxene to enstatite.
A new theory by a French scientific team raises the possibility of a link between Aubrites and the planet Mercury.
Djoua 001 is an Aubrite meteorite discovered in Algeria in 2021.
I this date only 72 meteorites of this type have been classified.
It is a rare type of meteorite difficult to find on the market.
The name Aubrites is linked to the fall of a meteorite in France at Aubres in 1836. They are composed mainly of orthopyroxene to enstatite.
A new theory by a French scientific team raises the possibility of a link between Aubrites and the planet Mercury.
Djoua 001 is an Aubrite meteorite discovered in Algeria in 2021.
I this date only 72 meteorites of this type have been classified.
It is a rare type of meteorite difficult to find on the market.
The name Aubrites is linked to the fall of a meteorite in France at Aubres in 1836. They are composed mainly of orthopyroxene to enstatite.
A new theory by a French scientific team raises the possibility of a link between Aubrites and the planet Mercury.
NWA 10241 is a beautiful LL3 chondrite of only 495 grams.
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10241 (NWA 10241)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: 2015 Jan
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)
History: Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Lahcen Ait Ha in Erfoud in January 2015.
Physical characteristics: Eight irregular gray fragments without fusion crust. Chondrules are clearly visible at the surface. Cut surface shows closely packed large chondrules, with little weathering.
Petrography: Well-defined closely packed chondrules. Chondrule mesostasis devitrified.
Geochemistry: Olivine range Fa5.8-39.6. Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.15±0.12 wt%. Orthopyroxene range Fs6.1-14.0.
Classification: LL3
Specimens: 23.5 g at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger. Another 804 g stone exists with the seller, that is not accounted for here.
NWA 10241 is a beautiful LL3 chondrite of only 495 grams.
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10241 (NWA 10241)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: 2015 Jan
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)
History: Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Lahcen Ait Ha in Erfoud in January 2015.
Physical characteristics: Eight irregular gray fragments without fusion crust. Chondrules are clearly visible at the surface. Cut surface shows closely packed large chondrules, with little weathering.
Petrography: Well-defined closely packed chondrules. Chondrule mesostasis devitrified.
Geochemistry: Olivine range Fa5.8-39.6. Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.15±0.12 wt%. Orthopyroxene range Fs6.1-14.0.
Classification: LL3
Specimens: 23.5 g at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger. Another 804 g stone exists with the seller, that is not accounted for here.
NWA 10241 is a beautiful LL3 chondrite of only 495 grams.
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10241 (NWA 10241)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: 2015 Jan
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)
History: Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Lahcen Ait Ha in Erfoud in January 2015.
Physical characteristics: Eight irregular gray fragments without fusion crust. Chondrules are clearly visible at the surface. Cut surface shows closely packed large chondrules, with little weathering.
Petrography: Well-defined closely packed chondrules. Chondrule mesostasis devitrified.
Geochemistry: Olivine range Fa5.8-39.6. Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.15±0.12 wt%. Orthopyroxene range Fs6.1-14.0.
Classification: LL3
Specimens: 23.5 g at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger. Another 804 g stone exists with the seller, that is not accounted for here.
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This fossilized charcoal is a rare witness to the precise moment of the cataclysm that marked the beginning of the extinction of the dinosaurs.
This fossilized material comes from forest residues, rich in iridium, charred following a giant meteorite impact in the Yucatan Peninsula ~65 million years ago.
Outcrops of the K-T (Cretaceous-Tertiary) boundary rich in this lignite have appeared in different regions of Mexico in the Sierra Madre Oriental.
This lignite is currently protected and therefore rare to find on the market.
Sueilila 003 is a meteorite of type CV3, oxidized subgroup, it was discovered by Mbark Ben Amar and Amar Azerwal in 2016 in the Western Sahara.
This meteorite has the particularity to have large chondrules of brown color and smaller chondrules of gray color.
No explanation has been found so far by science.
CV3 chondrites are characterized by the presence of large chondrules, abundant pre-solar isotopes and white inclusions called CAI’s.
CAI’s are mineral inclusions rich in calcium and aluminum, formed 4,567 to 4,571 million years ago they are the oldest materials in the Solar System.
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NWA 15169 is a lunar meteorite discovered in 2021 in Morocco near Dakhla in the Wad Oum Sfia area by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat.
NWA 15169 is a rare lunar meteorite (anorthosite).
This is a very nice and colorful lunar meteorite offered at a very good price.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15169 (NWA 15169)
Morocco
Purchased: 2021
Classification: Lunar meteorite (anorth)
History: Found by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat in the Dakhla, Wad Oum Sfia area. Later bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Several stones: a complete 50 g crusted stone, and several gray fragments without fusion crust, the largest one being 52 g.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock composed primarily of anorthitic plagioclase, and mm-sized poikilitic microgabbroic clasts with plagioclase chadacrysts set in olivine and pyroxene. Accessory minerals: metal, ulvöspinel, chromite. Barite, from terrestrial weathering, is present as veins.
Geochemistry: Plagioclase An93.4±2.7Ab6.3±2.5Or0.2±0.2 (n=4). Olivine (altered) Fo 43.5±5.9, FeO/MnO=143.4, analytical totals 90.9±2.2 (n=9). Orthopyroxene Fs26.0Wo9.0, Fs16.3Wo36.9, FeO/MnO = 50.8 (n=2). Chromite Cr#=0.73 (n=1).
Classification: Lunar (anorthosite). Contains microgabbroic clasts. Olivine, pigeonite and plagioclase are within the ferroan anorthositic suite (FAS) field defined by Warren (1993). Olivine has been altered on Earth, as indicated by the low analytical totals.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
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NWA 15169 is a lunar meteorite discovered in 2021 in Morocco near Dakhla in the Wad Oum Sfia area by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat.
NWA 15169 is a rare lunar meteorite (anorthosite).
This is a very nice and colorful lunar meteorite offered at a very good price.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15169 (NWA 15169)
Morocco
Purchased: 2021
Classification: Lunar meteorite (anorth)
History: Found by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat in the Dakhla, Wad Oum Sfia area. Later bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Several stones: a complete 50 g crusted stone, and several gray fragments without fusion crust, the largest one being 52 g.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock composed primarily of anorthitic plagioclase, and mm-sized poikilitic microgabbroic clasts with plagioclase chadacrysts set in olivine and pyroxene. Accessory minerals: metal, ulvöspinel, chromite. Barite, from terrestrial weathering, is present as veins.
Geochemistry: Plagioclase An93.4±2.7Ab6.3±2.5Or0.2±0.2 (n=4). Olivine (altered) Fo 43.5±5.9, FeO/MnO=143.4, analytical totals 90.9±2.2 (n=9). Orthopyroxene Fs26.0Wo9.0, Fs16.3Wo36.9, FeO/MnO = 50.8 (n=2). Chromite Cr#=0.73 (n=1).
Classification: Lunar (anorthosite). Contains microgabbroic clasts. Olivine, pigeonite and plagioclase are within the ferroan anorthositic suite (FAS) field defined by Warren (1993). Olivine has been altered on Earth, as indicated by the low analytical totals.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15169 is a lunar meteorite discovered in 2021 in Morocco near Dakhla in the Wad Oum Sfia area by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat.
NWA 15169 is a rare lunar meteorite (anorthosite).
This is a very nice and colorful lunar meteorite offered at a very good price.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15169 (NWA 15169)
Morocco
Purchased: 2021
Classification: Lunar meteorite (anorth)
History: Found by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat in the Dakhla, Wad Oum Sfia area. Later bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Several stones: a complete 50 g crusted stone, and several gray fragments without fusion crust, the largest one being 52 g.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock composed primarily of anorthitic plagioclase, and mm-sized poikilitic microgabbroic clasts with plagioclase chadacrysts set in olivine and pyroxene. Accessory minerals: metal, ulvöspinel, chromite. Barite, from terrestrial weathering, is present as veins.
Geochemistry: Plagioclase An93.4±2.7Ab6.3±2.5Or0.2±0.2 (n=4). Olivine (altered) Fo 43.5±5.9, FeO/MnO=143.4, analytical totals 90.9±2.2 (n=9). Orthopyroxene Fs26.0Wo9.0, Fs16.3Wo36.9, FeO/MnO = 50.8 (n=2). Chromite Cr#=0.73 (n=1).
Classification: Lunar (anorthosite). Contains microgabbroic clasts. Olivine, pigeonite and plagioclase are within the ferroan anorthositic suite (FAS) field defined by Warren (1993). Olivine has been altered on Earth, as indicated by the low analytical totals.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15169 is a lunar meteorite discovered in 2021 in Morocco near Dakhla in the Wad Oum Sfia area by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat.
NWA 15169 is a rare lunar meteorite (anorthosite).
This is a very nice and colorful lunar meteorite offered at a very good price.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15169 (NWA 15169)
Morocco
Purchased: 2021
Classification: Lunar meteorite (anorth)
History: Found by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat in the Dakhla, Wad Oum Sfia area. Later bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Several stones: a complete 50 g crusted stone, and several gray fragments without fusion crust, the largest one being 52 g.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock composed primarily of anorthitic plagioclase, and mm-sized poikilitic microgabbroic clasts with plagioclase chadacrysts set in olivine and pyroxene. Accessory minerals: metal, ulvöspinel, chromite. Barite, from terrestrial weathering, is present as veins.
Geochemistry: Plagioclase An93.4±2.7Ab6.3±2.5Or0.2±0.2 (n=4). Olivine (altered) Fo 43.5±5.9, FeO/MnO=143.4, analytical totals 90.9±2.2 (n=9). Orthopyroxene Fs26.0Wo9.0, Fs16.3Wo36.9, FeO/MnO = 50.8 (n=2). Chromite Cr#=0.73 (n=1).
Classification: Lunar (anorthosite). Contains microgabbroic clasts. Olivine, pigeonite and plagioclase are within the ferroan anorthositic suite (FAS) field defined by Warren (1993). Olivine has been altered on Earth, as indicated by the low analytical totals.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.