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The Tatahouine meteorite is a very beautiful achondrite diogenite meteorite, which fell on June 27, 1931 at 01:30 am, 4 kilometers northeast of the village of Foum Tataouine in Tunisia. The explosion woke up the whole population and also the French garrison. The next day French legionnaires found some fragments.
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.
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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Jikharra 001 is a 2.5-tonne Eucrite-melt breccia meteorite.
It was discovered in Libya in 2022.
This meteorite really is the exception that proves the rule !
Indeed, most meteorite books and magazines tell us that meteorites have no bubbles in their matrix.
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Bechar 008 is a Howardite meteorite found in Algeria in July 2022 near Alagla.
Howardite meteorites come from the asteroid Vesta, which lies between Mars and Jupiter.
Bechar 008 is a Howardite meteorite found in Algeria in July 2022 near Alagla.
Howardite meteorites come from the asteroid Vesta, which lies between Mars and Jupiter.
Zagora 006 is a meteorite classified as brecciated eucrite of 1380 grams.
It was discovered near Zagora in Morocco by Ahmed Dich and Hssain Azmamar in January 2021.
The eucrites come from the Asteroid Vesta.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Zagora 006 30°18’46.21″N, 5°32’45.16″W
South, Morocco
Find: 2021 Jan
Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated)
History: Found by Ahmed Dich and Hssain Azmamar in January 2021. Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Zaid Oualguirah in February 2021.
Physical characteristics: Partially crusted stone with a light grey interior
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock with mineral and lithic gabbroic clasts. Main minerals are pyroxene (some exsolved) and plagioclase with grain size in the 100 to 500 µm range. Accessory minerals: metal (to 150 µm), chromite (to 100 µm), ilmenite (to 150 µm), troilite (to 200 µm).
Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs50.7Wo3.8, Fs48.5Wo6.4. Ca-pyroxene Fs38.8Wo20.5, Fs23.0Wo41.3, Fs23.3Wo41.4. Pyroxene FeO/MnO 31.8±1.4 (n=5). Plagioclase An92.5Ab7.3Or0.2, An80.2Ab18.8Or0.9.
Classification: Achondrite (eucrite, brecciated)
Specimens: 22 g type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger
Zagora 006 is a meteorite classified as brecciated eucrite of 1380 grams.
It was discovered near Zagora in Morocco by Ahmed Dich and Hssain Azmamar in January 2021.
The eucrites come from the Asteroid Vesta.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Zagora 006 30°18’46.21″N, 5°32’45.16″W
South, Morocco
Find: 2021 Jan
Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated)
History: Found by Ahmed Dich and Hssain Azmamar in January 2021. Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Zaid Oualguirah in February 2021.
Physical characteristics: Partially crusted stone with a light grey interior
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock with mineral and lithic gabbroic clasts. Main minerals are pyroxene (some exsolved) and plagioclase with grain size in the 100 to 500 µm range. Accessory minerals: metal (to 150 µm), chromite (to 100 µm), ilmenite (to 150 µm), troilite (to 200 µm).
Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs50.7Wo3.8, Fs48.5Wo6.4. Ca-pyroxene Fs38.8Wo20.5, Fs23.0Wo41.3, Fs23.3Wo41.4. Pyroxene FeO/MnO 31.8±1.4 (n=5). Plagioclase An92.5Ab7.3Or0.2, An80.2Ab18.8Or0.9.
Classification: Achondrite (eucrite, brecciated)
Specimens: 22 g type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger
Zagora 006 is a meteorite classified as brecciated eucrite of 1380 grams.
It was discovered near Zagora in Morocco by Ahmed Dich and Hssain Azmamar in January 2021.
The eucrites come from the Asteroid Vesta.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Zagora 006 30°18’46.21″N, 5°32’45.16″W
South, Morocco
Find: 2021 Jan
Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated)
History: Found by Ahmed Dich and Hssain Azmamar in January 2021. Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Zaid Oualguirah in February 2021.
Physical characteristics: Partially crusted stone with a light grey interior
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock with mineral and lithic gabbroic clasts. Main minerals are pyroxene (some exsolved) and plagioclase with grain size in the 100 to 500 µm range. Accessory minerals: metal (to 150 µm), chromite (to 100 µm), ilmenite (to 150 µm), troilite (to 200 µm).
Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs50.7Wo3.8, Fs48.5Wo6.4. Ca-pyroxene Fs38.8Wo20.5, Fs23.0Wo41.3, Fs23.3Wo41.4. Pyroxene FeO/MnO 31.8±1.4 (n=5). Plagioclase An92.5Ab7.3Or0.2, An80.2Ab18.8Or0.9.
Classification: Achondrite (eucrite, brecciated)
Specimens: 22 g type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger
Zagora 006 is a meteorite classified as brecciated eucrite of 1380 grams.
It was discovered near Zagora in Morocco by Ahmed Dich and Hssain Azmamar in January 2021.
The eucrites come from the Asteroid Vesta.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Zagora 006 30°18’46.21″N, 5°32’45.16″W
South, Morocco
Find: 2021 Jan
Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated)
History: Found by Ahmed Dich and Hssain Azmamar in January 2021. Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Zaid Oualguirah in February 2021.
Physical characteristics: Partially crusted stone with a light grey interior
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock with mineral and lithic gabbroic clasts. Main minerals are pyroxene (some exsolved) and plagioclase with grain size in the 100 to 500 µm range. Accessory minerals: metal (to 150 µm), chromite (to 100 µm), ilmenite (to 150 µm), troilite (to 200 µm).
Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs50.7Wo3.8, Fs48.5Wo6.4. Ca-pyroxene Fs38.8Wo20.5, Fs23.0Wo41.3, Fs23.3Wo41.4. Pyroxene FeO/MnO 31.8±1.4 (n=5). Plagioclase An92.5Ab7.3Or0.2, An80.2Ab18.8Or0.9.
Classification: Achondrite (eucrite, brecciated)
Specimens: 22 g type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger