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Sahara 97002 L5 #1 – 11 g
33,29 $Sahara 97002 is a meteorite of type chondrite L5.
It was discovered in the Sahara in 1997 at the very beginning of meteorite prospecting in the Sahara deserts.
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VINALES L6 #8 – 19,2 g
228,29 $In a clear sky, a fireball, followed by a trail of smoke was seen over Havana, Cuba, and then fell to the ground in a shower of fragments in the Vinales Valley, 180 km from the capital, in the west of the country… Falling around 1:30 pm local time, on February 1, without causing any casualties, the fall of the meteorite was accompanied by a lightning bolt and a strong explosion. This meteorite was classified as an ordinary chondrite type L6, about 50 kg of this meteorite were found.
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Sidi Ali #1 L4 – 44,5 g
630,19 $Sidi Ali is a meteorite that fell in Morocco on July 28, 2015 near Tissint.
Meteorites of 5 to 100 grams were discovered in a fall ellipse of about 4 km.
The analysis determined that this meteorite is of the ordinary L4 chondrite type.
Writeup from MB 105:
Sidi Ali Ou Azza 29°47’2.9″N, 7°23’21.8″W
Guelmim-Es-Semara, Morocco
Confirmed fall: 28 Jul 2015
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4)
History: (H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane FSAC, A. Aaranson, A. Bouragaa, A. Bouferra). On Tuesday, 28 July 2015, around 5:30 pm local time (6:30 pm GMT), many people from Tissint and its vicinity heard three sonic booms in the direction of Sidi Ali Ou Azza. Immediately, numerous people begin searching for the meteorite in the area. Two days after the fall, many small pieces from 5 to 109 g (so far: 109, 100, 75, 50, 40, 37, 20, 10, 7, and 5.7 g) were recovered close to Sidi Ali Ou Azza and El Kharoua’ well, a few km west of Tissint. Most pieces are complete and mostly covered by black fusion crust. The interior is dark and brecciated, with a few clear gray zones. Numerous small and well-defined chondrules are visible as well as sulfides and metals. The direction of the fall was from north to south; the strewnfield is ~4 km long.
Physical characteristics: Black and brown patchy fusion crust. A saw cut reveals numerous, distinct chondrules and fine grained metal/sulfide. A dark angular clast, ~5 mm, was also observed.
Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) Microprobe examination of a polished mount shows numerous porphyritic chondrules, a few BO chondrules, and an enstatite-rich chondrule. Mesostasis and very fine-grained plagioclase is ubiquitous. Kamacite, taenite, troilite, chromite, and a phosphate phase were observed throughout. The dark angular clast described above has an igneous texture with ~50% zoned euhedral olivines (up to 50 μm) and ~50% fine spinifex quench crystals, with sparse scattered metal or sulfide blebs (up to 10 μm).
Geochemistry: (C. Agee and N. Muttik, UNM) Chondrule olivine Fa25.7±0.9, Fe/Mn=50±3, Cr2O3=0.03±0.03 (wt%), n=24; chondrule low-Ca pyroxene Fa20.4±1.7, Fe/Mn=29±1, n=10; chondrule enstatite Fs2.1±0.2Wo0.6±0.2, n=2; plagioclase An8.3±3.9Ab86.9±3.1Or4.9±0.9. Clast olivine Fa19.3±4.1, Fe/Mn=47±4, Cr2O3=0.45±0.21 (wt%), n=6.
Classification: Ordinary chondrite, L4
Specimens: 20.8 g, UNM; 10.7 g, FSAC
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VINALES L6 #7 – 14 g
183,11 $In a clear sky, a fireball, followed by a trail of smoke was seen over Havana, Cuba, and then fell to the ground in a shower of fragments in the Vinales Valley, 180 km from the capital, in the west of the country… Falling around 1:30 pm local time, on February 1, without causing any casualties, the fall of the meteorite was accompanied by a lightning bolt and a strong explosion. This meteorite was classified as an ordinary chondrite type L6, about 50 kg of this meteorite were found.
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VINALES L6 #6 – 8 g
117,72 $In a clear sky, a fireball, followed by a trail of smoke was seen over Havana, Cuba, and then fell to the ground in a shower of fragments in the Vinales Valley, 180 km from the capital, in the west of the country… Falling around 1:30 pm local time, on February 1, without causing any casualties, the fall of the meteorite was accompanied by a lightning bolt and a strong explosion. This meteorite was classified as an ordinary chondrite type L6, about 50 kg of this meteorite were found.
VINALES L6 #5 – 8 g
114,14 $In a clear sky, a fireball, followed by a trail of smoke was seen over Havana, Cuba, and then fell to the ground in a shower of fragments in the Vinales Valley, 180 km from the capital, in the west of the country… Falling around 1:30 pm local time, on February 1, without causing any casualties, the fall of the meteorite was accompanied by a lightning bolt and a strong explosion. This meteorite was classified as an ordinary chondrite type L6, about 50 kg of this meteorite were found.
This specimen has the particularity to have a primary and secondary fusion crust.
Before arriving on Earth the meteorite broke up, a new thinner crust of fusion was formed.
Laundry West L4 #1 – 15 g
178,36 $Laundry West is an ordinary chondrite type L4, it was discovered in Australia in 1967. The total known weight of this meteorite is about 4 kg.
This is a rare meteorite on the market.
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NWA 11881 L3 #1 – 12,8 g
71,34 $NWA 11881 is an ordinary chondrite of type L3.
The slice offered for sale is very representative of ordinary chondrites with nice well defined chondrules.
Ordinary chondrites are made of small balls called chondrules that have accumulated together.
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Hassi Arsane 002 L6 #1 – 12,8 g
142,68 $Hassi Arsane 002 is an ordinary chondrite of type L6. It was found by Ahmed Ourbaa in 2019 in Morocco.
This meteorite is only 18.3 grams, I sell the main mass of 12.8 grams, the rest was used to make the classification.
A unique piece for your collection.
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NWA 6348 L7 #1 – 5,376g
139,12 $A stone weighing 134 g was found in the Sahara.
A sample was submitted for analysis and classification to the University of Washington in Seattle (A. Irving). NWA 6348 has been determined to be a metachondrite (Irving et al. 2005). NWA 6348 was classified by A. Irving as the first metachondrite from the parent body of chondrite L and was classified as type L7 chondrite.
Few fragments of this type of meteorite are available for sale.
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VINALES L6 #4 – 7g
87,98 $In a clear sky, a fireball, followed by a trail of smoke was seen over Havana, Cuba, and then fell to the ground in a shower of fragments in the Vinales Valley, 180 km from the capital, in the west of the country… Falling around 1:30 pm local time, on February 1, without causing any casualties, the fall of the meteorite was accompanied by a lightning bolt and a strong explosion. This meteorite was classified as an ordinary chondrite type L6, about 50 kg of this meteorite were found.
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VINALES L6 #2 – 9g
128,41 $In a clear sky, a fireball, followed by a trail of smoke was seen over Havana, Cuba, and then fell to the ground in a shower of fragments in the Vinales Valley, 180 km from the capital, in the west of the country… Falling around 1:30 pm local time, on February 1, without causing any casualties, the fall of the meteorite was accompanied by a lightning bolt and a strong explosion. This meteorite was classified as an ordinary chondrite type L6, about 50 kg of this meteorite were found.