Zagora 003 is a fresh meteorite classified as eucrite of only 135 grams.
It was discovered near Zagora in Morocco by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020.
The eucrites come from the Asteroid Vesta.
Writeup from MB 110:
Zagora 003 30°20’51.94″N, 5°36’41.79″W
Morocco
Find: 2020 Sep 13
Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)
History: Found by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020. Bought from Zaid Oualguirah in 2020.
Physical characteristics: Several fusion crusted pieces with grey interior.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Igneous rock with grain size about 500 µm. It contains melt rock areas, and other areas with variolitic texture. Main minerals are pyroxene and plagioclase. Other minerals: metal, troilite, chromite.
Zagora 003 is a fresh meteorite classified as eucrite of only 135 grams.
It was discovered near Zagora in Morocco by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020.
The eucrites come from the Asteroid Vesta.
Writeup from MB 110:
Zagora 003 30°20’51.94″N, 5°36’41.79″W
Morocco
Find: 2020 Sep 13
Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)
History: Found by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020. Bought from Zaid Oualguirah in 2020.
Physical characteristics: Several fusion crusted pieces with grey interior.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Igneous rock with grain size about 500 µm. It contains melt rock areas, and other areas with variolitic texture. Main minerals are pyroxene and plagioclase. Other minerals: metal, troilite, chromite.
Zagora 003 is a fresh meteorite classified as eucrite of only 135 grams.
It was discovered near Zagora in Morocco by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020.
The eucrites come from the Asteroid Vesta.
Writeup from MB 110:
Zagora 003 30°20’51.94″N, 5°36’41.79″W
Morocco
Find: 2020 Sep 13
Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)
History: Found by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020. Bought from Zaid Oualguirah in 2020.
Physical characteristics: Several fusion crusted pieces with grey interior.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Igneous rock with grain size about 500 µm. It contains melt rock areas, and other areas with variolitic texture. Main minerals are pyroxene and plagioclase. Other minerals: metal, troilite, chromite.
Zagora 003 is a fresh meteorite classified as eucrite of only 135 grams.
It was discovered near Zagora in Morocco by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020.
The eucrites come from the Asteroid Vesta.
Writeup from MB 110:
Zagora 003 30°20’51.94″N, 5°36’41.79″W
Morocco
Find: 2020 Sep 13
Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)
History: Found by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020. Bought from Zaid Oualguirah in 2020.
Physical characteristics: Several fusion crusted pieces with grey interior.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Igneous rock with grain size about 500 µm. It contains melt rock areas, and other areas with variolitic texture. Main minerals are pyroxene and plagioclase. Other minerals: metal, troilite, chromite.
Lahmada 048 is an achondrite ureilite meteorite of only 59 grams discovered in the Western Sahara in a concentration area called Lahmada.
It was discovered on September 23, 2020 by Brahim Elguirah.
Lahmada 048 certainly contains diamonds in view of the difficulties to cut it.
The diamonds, which are rarely larger than a few micrometers in diameter, are probably the result of high-pressure shock waves produced by the collision of the parent body of the ureilites with other asteroids.
Writeup from MB 110:
Lahmada 048 27°24’20.78″N, 9°51’13.07″W
Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara
Find: 2020 Sep 23
Classification: Ureilite
History: The meteorite was found by Brahim Elguirah. The meteorite was bought by Jean Redelsperger from Zaid Oualguirah in 2020.
Physical characteristics: A single dark brown stone
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Aggregate of blocky olivine grains (grain size 800 µm) with reduced margins. Metal, originally present along olivine rims, is almost entirely replaced by terrestrial weathering products. Contains a significant amount of carbon material, likely diamonds in view of the extreme difficulty to saw the rock.
Geochemistry: Olivine Fa21.9±0.4, CaO 0.36±0.02 wt%, CrO3 0.65±0.02, FeO/MnO = 53.4±7.9 (n=4). Olivine rim Fa5.1 (n=1).
Classification: Ureilite
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Mais mass with Jean Redelsperger.
Lahmada 048 is an achondrite ureilite meteorite of only 59 grams discovered in the Western Sahara in a concentration area called Lahmada.
It was discovered on September 23, 2020 by Brahim Elguirah.
Lahmada 048 certainly contains diamonds in view of the difficulties to cut it.
The diamonds, which are rarely larger than a few micrometers in diameter, are probably the result of high-pressure shock waves produced by the collision of the parent body of the ureilites with other asteroids.
Writeup from MB 110:
Lahmada 048 27°24’20.78″N, 9°51’13.07″W
Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara
Find: 2020 Sep 23
Classification: Ureilite
History: The meteorite was found by Brahim Elguirah. The meteorite was bought by Jean Redelsperger from Zaid Oualguirah in 2020.
Physical characteristics: A single dark brown stone
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Aggregate of blocky olivine grains (grain size 800 µm) with reduced margins. Metal, originally present along olivine rims, is almost entirely replaced by terrestrial weathering products. Contains a significant amount of carbon material, likely diamonds in view of the extreme difficulty to saw the rock.
Geochemistry: Olivine Fa21.9±0.4, CaO 0.36±0.02 wt%, CrO3 0.65±0.02, FeO/MnO = 53.4±7.9 (n=4). Olivine rim Fa5.1 (n=1).
Classification: Ureilite
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Mais mass with Jean Redelsperger.
Lahmada 048 is an achondrite ureilite meteorite of only 59 grams discovered in the Western Sahara in a concentration area called Lahmada.
It was discovered on September 23, 2020 by Brahim Elguirah.
Lahmada 048 certainly contains diamonds in view of the difficulties to cut it.
The diamonds, which are rarely larger than a few micrometers in diameter, are probably the result of high-pressure shock waves produced by the collision of the parent body of the ureilites with other asteroids.
Writeup from MB 110:
Lahmada 048 27°24’20.78″N, 9°51’13.07″W
Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara
Find: 2020 Sep 23
Classification: Ureilite
History: The meteorite was found by Brahim Elguirah. The meteorite was bought by Jean Redelsperger from Zaid Oualguirah in 2020.
Physical characteristics: A single dark brown stone
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Aggregate of blocky olivine grains (grain size 800 µm) with reduced margins. Metal, originally present along olivine rims, is almost entirely replaced by terrestrial weathering products. Contains a significant amount of carbon material, likely diamonds in view of the extreme difficulty to saw the rock.
Geochemistry: Olivine Fa21.9±0.4, CaO 0.36±0.02 wt%, CrO3 0.65±0.02, FeO/MnO = 53.4±7.9 (n=4). Olivine rim Fa5.1 (n=1).
Classification: Ureilite
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Mais mass with Jean Redelsperger.
Tiglit is a rare aubrite that fell in Morocco on December 10, 2021.
The first specimens or samples collected without scientific data have reached exorbitant prices up to 600 euros per gram, marketed as a lunar meteorite. Professor Abderrahmane Ibhi, expert in meteorites and founder responsible for the University Museum of Meteorites, confirmed the authenticity of the news of the fall of a meteorite in the south-east of Morocco near the village of Tiglit and indicated that the analyses carried out by the University Museum of Meteorites confirm that it is indeed a celestial rock of the aubrite type of asteroidal origin thus calming down some of the hunters of meteorites who thought that they had made a fortune.
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.
Tiglit is a rare aubrite that fell in Morocco on December 10, 2021.
The first specimens or samples collected without scientific data have reached exorbitant prices up to 600 euros per gram, marketed as a lunar meteorite. Professor Abderrahmane Ibhi, expert in meteorites and founder responsible for the University Museum of Meteorites, confirmed the authenticity of the news of the fall of a meteorite in the south-east of Morocco near the village of Tiglit and indicated that the analyses carried out by the University Museum of Meteorites confirm that it is indeed a celestial rock of the aubrite type of asteroidal origin thus calming down some of the hunters of meteorites who thought that they had made a fortune.
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.
Tiglit is a rare aubrite that fell in Morocco on December 10, 2021.
The first specimens or samples collected without scientific data have reached exorbitant prices up to 600 euros per gram, marketed as a lunar meteorite. Professor Abderrahmane Ibhi, expert in meteorites and founder responsible for the University Museum of Meteorites, confirmed the authenticity of the news of the fall of a meteorite in the south-east of Morocco near the village of Tiglit and indicated that the analyses carried out by the University Museum of Meteorites confirm that it is indeed a celestial rock of the aubrite type of asteroidal origin thus calming down some of the hunters of meteorites who thought that they had made a fortune.
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.
Tiglit is a rare aubrite that fell in Morocco on December 10, 2021.
The first specimens or samples collected without scientific data have reached exorbitant prices up to 600 euros per gram, marketed as a lunar meteorite. Professor Abderrahmane Ibhi, expert in meteorites and founder responsible for the University Museum of Meteorites, confirmed the authenticity of the news of the fall of a meteorite in the south-east of Morocco near the village of Tiglit and indicated that the analyses carried out by the University Museum of Meteorites confirm that it is indeed a celestial rock of the aubrite type of asteroidal origin thus calming down some of the hunters of meteorites who thought that they had made a fortune.
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.
Tiglit is a rare aubrite that fell in Morocco on December 10, 2021.
The first specimens or samples collected without scientific data have reached exorbitant prices up to 600 euros per gram, marketed as a lunar meteorite. Professor Abderrahmane Ibhi, expert in meteorites and founder responsible for the University Museum of Meteorites, confirmed the authenticity of the news of the fall of a meteorite in the south-east of Morocco near the village of Tiglit and indicated that the analyses carried out by the University Museum of Meteorites confirm that it is indeed a celestial rock of the aubrite type of asteroidal origin thus calming down some of the hunters of meteorites who thought that they had made a fortune.
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.
Tiglit is a rare aubrite that fell in Morocco on December 10, 2021.
The first specimens or samples collected without scientific data have reached exorbitant prices up to 600 euros per gram, marketed as a lunar meteorite. Professor Abderrahmane Ibhi, expert in meteorites and founder responsible for the University Museum of Meteorites, confirmed the authenticity of the news of the fall of a meteorite in the south-east of Morocco near the village of Tiglit and indicated that the analyses carried out by the University Museum of Meteorites confirm that it is indeed a celestial rock of the aubrite type of asteroidal origin thus calming down some of the hunters of meteorites who thought that they had made a fortune.
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.
Tiglit is a rare aubrite that fell in Morocco on December 10, 2021.
The first specimens or samples collected without scientific data have reached exorbitant prices up to 600 euros per gram, marketed as a lunar meteorite. Professor Abderrahmane Ibhi, expert in meteorites and founder responsible for the University Museum of Meteorites, confirmed the authenticity of the news of the fall of a meteorite in the south-east of Morocco near the village of Tiglit and indicated that the analyses carried out by the University Museum of Meteorites confirm that it is indeed a celestial rock of the aubrite type of asteroidal origin thus calming down some of the hunters of meteorites who thought that they had made a fortune.
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.
Tiglit is a rare aubrite that fell in Morocco on December 10, 2021.
The first specimens or samples collected without scientific data have reached exorbitant prices up to 600 euros per gram, marketed as a lunar meteorite. Professor Abderrahmane Ibhi, expert in meteorites and founder responsible for the University Museum of Meteorites, confirmed the authenticity of the news of the fall of a meteorite in the south-east of Morocco near the village of Tiglit and indicated that the analyses carried out by the University Museum of Meteorites confirm that it is indeed a celestial rock of the aubrite type of asteroidal origin thus calming down some of the hunters of meteorites who thought that they had made a fortune.
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.
Al Haggounia 005 is a 184 grams (7 pieces) rare eucrite unb meteorite found by Lahcen Obadda in February 2014.
To date, only 65 meteorites of this type have been found in the world.
This meteorite was found 120 km northeast of Laayoune in the Western Sahara, in a place called Chwichiya (little fez) in reference to the mountain seen in this region in the shape of a fez.
Chwichiya is an area rich in meteorites, and in particular in achondrites, 4 achondrite type meteorites have been discovered within a radius of 6 kilometers!
